Damn skippy.
Poor Gage, forced resocialization. He probably growls because those other kids suck and he's stronger, faster, and smarter than them and doesn't want their stupid cootie parasites to get inside his brain and make him dumb like them.
At least he isn't biting them. I'm so glad none of my kids were biters. What a nasty habit.
You know what I hate? When you are in a store or restaurant and you see a kid just being a kid, especially a toddler like banging spoons on the table or blowing spit bubbles and then their mom or dad screams at them, especially derogatory stuff like "your a bad boy!" and then smacks them in front of everyone. Those people make me fucking sick to my stomach. I'd rather hear a kid pounding their hands on the table or making spit bubbles than listen to some overly stressed mom who worries more about what people will think than her own child's mental health call her kid names.
I really despise parents who call their kids names. It just irritates me to no end. I'm not going to say that I haven't let 'STOP your damn whining!" or "Quit being an ass to your brothers!" slip out once in a while out of anger, because well I'm not a perfect parent. But I would not say to my kid that they are being a bitch or an asshole. I hear parents talk to their kids like this all the time. Or stupid, or bad, or any other way of tearing a kid down just because they are curious and exploring their world or getting out frustrations.
Toddlers, btw, throw temper tantrums. Not because they are BAD--anyone who says this should be slapped--but because they lack the learned knowledge of how to verbalize their fears, frustration, and aggression. To solve toddler tantrums, I hugged my kids till they stopped, or I got next to them on the floor and did the tantrum with them. You would be surprised how fucking awesome it feels to drop on the floor and just scream your head off and pound your hands.