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Originally Posted by santasingsadingaling

Why does a child start having anger issues?

Abuse, fear. .gaming.......etc etc

Frustration and a feeling of powerlessness, usually. Most common reason is that it's a learned behaviour from an angry parent.

Gaming? No. The kids who are lobbing the controller because they've lost a round of CoD are the same kids who started kicking sh*t around the gym hall at school when they were out first in Dodgeball, or picked last for football. The activity that they're getting angry about it irrelevant: if someone is displaying disproportionate anger during ANY activity then they have an emotional issue and poor impulse control, problems that will eventually affect them in every area of life. Probably better to catch Little Jimmy's anger problem when he's playing Xbox with his brother to be honest - otherwise you're going to find out about it when his first girlfriend dumps him and he throws a temper tantrum about that with m children more real consequences.