How to deal with children expressing anger

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LETTING THE ANGRIES OUT TO PLAY

by Kazi Dolezal

Our inexperience in dealing with anger can also trigger other crippling emotions that undermine how adequate we feel as a parent. "Often parents and children get locked into a contest of wills, and the parent wins with a "Because I Said So" argument. Afterward, they doubt themselves as parents and feel guilty, ashamed, and inept. Many of us were taught as children that we were not allowed to be angry, that being angry was bad, or that it was our fault.

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Anger is a hot topic at the moment. Results of recent studies have found anger to be a deterrent for physical healing - more research confirming that mind body relationships matter; and according to Dr John Rifkin, author of The Healing Power of Anger, unresolved or unrecognized anger can set the stage for all manner of diseases, including depression, heart disease, arthritisand some forms of cancer.

Trying to suppress anger won't help either, Research at the University of Ohio, Columbus, recently found that both anger in' and anger out', that is, not only people who outwardly rage, but people who tried to control, hide or re-press anger by holding it in, also demonstrate negative responses to the healing process.

The same group who registered high on the anger scale, in these studies, also showed a higher secretion of stress hormone cortisol, which, earlier studies showed, had a direct relationship with anger, and revealed a link between coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke: indicating that sitting on our anger is not recommended.

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