Displaced anger

[TYK]

My son who is 34 months has just shown displaced anger and i’m quite concerned. 

I have been stressing with uni and so, when my son tried to approach me, I shouted at him, however, he stayed quiet. When his dad came to comfort him he started crying, and would not let his dad comfort him. I then settled down, and went up to my 2 year old to apologise who then said his daddy made him sad and upset. This has me quite worried as clearly I was in the wrong however he was taking his hurt out on his dad and was convinced that his dad crossed a boundary and not me.

I’m wondering what may have caused this displaced anger and what I can do to help him overcome this?

[LIZS]

Toddlers are typically self centred and impulsive. Your shouting may have scared and confused him but he was frustrated he has no other way to express that. You are overthinking this.