Clapping and Dancing in children and adults

A friend and I were discussing and I made a statement that reminded me of my son. I said, there are traits some adults began exhibiting as children that were overlooked but became a character flaw in adulthood.

I noticed my son attacking his baby sister whenever his elder sisters piss him off.
Me: “Why did you do that?”

Him: “Sis A did so and so to me”

Me: what did she (the victim) do to you? “
Him: “nothing I was angry at Sis A.” This happened on different occasions and I knew I had to treat it.

On one occasion his baby sister was sleeping and because his sisters had done something to him and ran away, he ran to her on the bed and hit her.

Ha! He had no excuse or explanation, and neither had he seen someone doing something similar at home. His father began having a one-on-one with him and I began teaching him how to use his strength for protection and not destruction. I made him see it was the behaviour of a bully and he was not one. A bully looks for a weaker person rather than addressing the object of his displeasure.

My son is 6 and we can excuse him for being still young but we would be wrong. It’s better nipped in the bud than waiting to correct in old age.

He now volunteers to assist and help his sister, some behaviours might look cute and funny on children but we need to stay sensitive to know when the clap is graduating to dance.