<p>Washington: Toddlers with good language skills are better able to manage anger later in life, a new study suggests. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Children with good language skills at age 2 expressed less anger during frustrating situations at age 4 than did those 4-year-olds with less advanced language skills, according to the study's findings.<br /><br /> Children whose language skills developed quickly also expressed less anger at age 4. <br />The new study followed 120 children from 18 months old until they were 4.<br /><br /> Children periodically underwent tests that assessed their language skills and their ability to cope with frustrating tasks. One task asked children to wait for eight minutes before opening a present while their mother finished work. <br /><br />Two aspects of language appeared to help children rein in their anger.<br /><br /> First, more-developed language skills allowed kids to ask for support from their parents during a frustrating situation (for instance, asking the mother whether she was finished with her work). <br /><br />Children also used language to occupy or distract themselves from becoming angry. (One child dealt with the waiting task by counting for a full minute.) <br /><br />"Better language skills may help children verbalize rather than use emotions to convey needs and use their imaginations to occupy themselves while enduring a frustrating wait," said study researcher Pamela Cole, a professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University. <br /><br />The study was recently published in the journal Child Development.<br /></p>
<p>Washington: Toddlers with good language skills are better able to manage anger later in life, a new study suggests. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Children with good language skills at age 2 expressed less anger during frustrating situations at age 4 than did those 4-year-olds with less advanced language skills, according to the study's findings.<br /><br /> Children whose language skills developed quickly also expressed less anger at age 4. <br />The new study followed 120 children from 18 months old until they were 4.<br /><br /> Children periodically underwent tests that assessed their language skills and their ability to cope with frustrating tasks. One task asked children to wait for eight minutes before opening a present while their mother finished work. <br /><br />Two aspects of language appeared to help children rein in their anger.<br /><br /> First, more-developed language skills allowed kids to ask for support from their parents during a frustrating situation (for instance, asking the mother whether she was finished with her work). <br /><br />Children also used language to occupy or distract themselves from becoming angry. (One child dealt with the waiting task by counting for a full minute.) <br /><br />"Better language skills may help children verbalize rather than use emotions to convey needs and use their imaginations to occupy themselves while enduring a frustrating wait," said study researcher Pamela Cole, a professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University. <br /><br />The study was recently published in the journal Child Development.<br /></p>
