Category: Anger

I’ve noticed over the years that anger scares parents.  Not only their child’s, but their own.  I’m not sure why this is so – perhaps we have been afraid to repeat the mistakes our parents made, or that anger doesn’t have a place when you are hyper aware that your children are so small and innocent.  Anger doesn’t seem to have a place for so many parents. It confuses us.  Yet it is there. My…

There is a book, with great illustrations, that I read to the kids in the playgroup every year.  It’s called “When I’m Angry,” by Jane Aaron, published in 1998 by Golden Books.  It is so unfortunate that this incredible book is out of print – so I’m hoping that renewed interest will encourage the publishers to do another printing. “When I’m Angry” has been one of two books most requested by the kids in my…