Today’s Parenting Tip:

DECIDE:   To make the connection between anger and other feelings.

PRACTICE:       Today, think about the last time you had a hard time getting into a conversation.

Were you angry? What else did you feel or think in that situation?

Were you feeling left out? Worried that you were missing an opportunity? Feeling unloved? Embarrassed?

Write down what you did at the time.

Put up with not being included? Raised your voice? Walked away? Felt angry for quite a while. Convinced yourself you didn’t care?

Thinking back to the situation, were there some better things that you could have done at the time? What will you do the next time this happens to you?

Today’s Decide and Practice daily parenting tip was inspired by our featured picture book, THAT MAKES ME MAD!.  Read the book to a child in your life each day as a reminder of what you are deciding and practicing that day.

Come back each day for another good parenting decision and how to practice it. (Each day’s activity will also be posted on the Daily Parenting Tips page for easy access.)

Read the whole story at What You Need to Know about an Angry Child, Part 2.