Think of three times you have been angry or around angry people recently – adults or children.
What was your reaction? Did you ignore it, feel afraid, get angry too, or deal with it in some direct way? (Include removing yourself as a direct way.)
Make a three-column list. List the situation, your reaction, and how you felt when you reacted that way. Did you feel like a child? Like an adult? Like a responsible person? Unsure of yourself? Proud of yourself?
Make a plan for how you want to handle each situation in the future.
You can try this activity with a child as well. With young children you can talk through the questions and you can make their list from what they tell you. Try it soon after an angry experience – not while in it or right afterwards, but perhaps later the same day or first thing the next day. Their memories may be short.