Why Do Children Bang Their Heads
Why do children bang their heads? Some children tend to engage in self-injurious behavior and the most common one is head banging against the wall, furniture or the floor. Children engage in head banging when they are frustrated, I have read posts on Facebook of concerned parents wanting to know how they can prevent head banging. Every behavior has an antecedent, before it happened something must have triggered it and its important to know what motivated the behavior so that it will be easier to prevent it. Reasons children to bang their heads Your child might be trying to communicate Non verbal children have difficulties communicating and it sometimes leads to crying or engaging in different behaviors to get their caregiver's attention. Sometimes banging their head is to express their frustrations, desires and anxiety. They might be seeking attention The one course of head banging that most parents are probably familiar with is when children bang their heads to get att