When kids are reaching their teenage years, parents should be mentally and emotionally ready to deal with their outbursts and anger. The ways in which parents choose to deal with volatile teens can either bring them together or push them apart. Kids who are volatile tend to have a hard time controlling and regulating their emotions.

Some reasons why teens are volatile are:

• changes to their bodies - changing hormones cause mood swings and confused emotions

• stress

personality may also be a reason why teens lose their temper.

Dr. Ablett said anger is a natural human emotion; that your child is feeling threatened by something. Medications have always been the answer to dealing with volatile teens.

Ways in which parents could deal with volatile teens apart from medication.

• Listening: When a child is explaining his or her feelings, make sure to listen. If your child is struggling with words, offer some help. Most times, kids are more willing to share when they feel they are being listened to and understood. Acknowledge the fact that they are angry, explain the fact that bad behavior is not an excuse for anger.

• Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy is the usage of oils from flowers, roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or peel of certain plants to make your mood or feel better. Aromatherapy can help children; adults feel calm and sleep better.

• Meditation: Children can benefit from the use of guided meditation o deal with volatile behavior. You can guide your child to processing their anger in a healthy way. If you teach your child how to manage anger at a young age, it will help him become better in the long run.

• Relaxation: Parents can help children deal with anger at an early stage by having a safe space for them, where they can always go when they feel they are about to have an outburst. You could also have a time where they have to relax.

• Cognitive restricting: CBT may improve moderate to severe anger, irritability, and physical aggression in children and adolescents (Sukhodolsky, 2016). Children also learn how to regulate frustration, improve social problem-solving skills, and role-play assertive behaviors which are used during conflict instead of aggression during cognitive restructuring.