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13 Common Phrases to Let You Know Your Child is Being Passive Aggressive
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Does your child express his anger with a passive aggressive vocabulary? Check out this post from Psychology Today to find out:
Restaurant Bans Dining for Kids Under 6: What Do You Think?
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This headline caught my eye because a month ago, I, too passed a restaurant with a bold sign out front banning children. I had a visceral response of, “who would want to eat in your stinkin’ restaurant anyway?” and walked right on by, amazed that any beachfront restaurant would so boldly alienate families. I guess their strategy is to attract couples…
What do you think about this apparently-growing practice by restaurants?
5 Steps for Turning Stressful Situations into Learning Opportunities with Kids
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6-year old Ian’s parents are going through a bitter divorce. With his estranged mom and dad still living under the same roof, Ian experiences a chaotic home environment that includes domestic violence and inconsistent care. At school, Ian often has unexplained meltdowns and major over-reactions to simple requests by his teachers. This morning, when his first period teacher asked him to take out his math homework, he called her a “Bitch” and kicked his chair to the floor. (more…)
What’s Your Anger Expression Style? Take this Quiz to Find Out
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Is your child the type to come right out and tell you when he is feeling angry? Does he stuff his anger inside? Perhaps he is most likely to express his feelings in sneaky ways. Or maybe, when he is mad, the whole world knows about it—and better step aside! Whatever your child’s anger style, chances are he has developed it over the years and modeled it after…gulp…much-loved family members.
Take this Anger Styles Quiz to learn about how anger is articulated in your family: (more…)
3 Ways that Kids’ Anger Bites Back
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How many of you were told as a child, “Don’t be mad at your friend. She was just kidding,” or even “It’s not nice to be angry with your parents?” How many of you–gulp–have even uttered messages like these to your own children? Don’t worry; my hand is raised also. Despite the fact that I just wrote a book about helping kids accept and manage angry feelings, sometimes these knee-jerk responses just fly out of my mouth–as they do everyone else’s.
Are they the worst things to say to a child? Well, having worked for several years with abused children, I can definitively say (more…)