A "mom moment" on anger

Each day in May, take a "Mom Moment" to read, reflect, and respond to a passage from a parenting book. Today's passage comes from A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger by Éliane Whitehouse and Warwick Pudney: "Anger is OK. Parents too feel angry. Every time we express our own anger positively we give our children a lesson in anger management. As parents, we can help our children by learning to understand our own feelings better." • REFLECT: Do I talk about my angry feelings, or sweep them under the rug? Does my child have trouble handling anger? • RESPOND: Staying emotion-neutral in difficult or tense situations can often be the best way to deal with kids who freak out in the face of strong feelings. But that doesn't mean you have to shut out emotion altogether. When someone around you loses their temper -- whether it's you, your child, or another family member -- use it as an opportunity to talk about anger, how it feels, and what you can do about it. ... More "Mom Moments"