Dominant children are easily frustrated, especially when playing basketball, football or other sports-related games that are of a competitive nature. He may feel rejected for not being chosen on a team or he could possibly feel another child is playing better than he is. As stated by DailyKos.com, once dismissed as a part of growing up, peer rejection has in recent years been linked with a host of problem behaviors, possibly including an individual's chances of developing mental illness. In some children, repeated and deliberate rejection by peers can cause alienation, withdrawal, depression, anxiety and violent outbursts.
Dominant children are more likely to engage in physical violence. They often idealize violence and grab opportunities on playgrounds to take idealizations to new levels. Boys will engage physically, quicker. The dominant child on the playground who has an idealization of violence will discuss violence with other children. He will discuss wanting to shoot at, stab or otherwise harm others. He will hit, kick, or throw items, such as sand, rocks or balls at others. Girls will pull hair, scratch and bite.
Dominant children on playgrounds often show a complete disrespect for authority. They will not obey playground rules and they will often announce their lack of respect for authority to younger children in a boastful fashion. Older, dominant children will often go to younger playground areas where they are the oldest and the biggest. They will frequent areas of the playground where they know teachers may not watch or walk near during playground duty. Dominant children will break playground game rules, break playground equipment, throw balls over fences or through windows or do whatever they can to show they are above having to fall within the confines of respecting school property or rules.
According to MyChildSafety.net, dominant children do not lack self-esteem, but they do lack empathy. These children often talk their way out of situations that happen on the playground and are able to twist situations around to make it seem as if it is another child's fault. Many dominant children will not feel remorse if another child is in trouble unfairly when it is the dominant child that should have been the one punished. Dominant children on playgrounds often are hot tempered and break rules. If they see a fight breaking out on the playground, they often join in and show little or no sympathy to the child being harmed.