When Anger Hurts Your Kids. A Parent's Guide

Editorial Review
All parents get angry sometimes, but research clearly suggests that the amount of anger expressed in the family will have a negative impact on a child's performance in nearly every important area of life. When Anger Hurts Your Kids brings together the practical lessons of a two-year study of 285 parents. You'll learn how to tell if your family has anger problems, how to combat the 18 mistaken beliefs that fuel anger, and how to practice the art of problem-solving communication-skills that will let you feel more effective as a parent and let your kids grow up free of anger's damaging effects.
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Customer Reviews

Excellent

2007-08-11
There is a number of reasons behind why I call this book excellent and rate it 5 stars.

First of all because it's a "result of a two-year study of 285 parents - normal, regular parents much like you, with normal, infuriating kids much like yours" (p. 1).

And then because it's very informative and practical and composed in a logical step-wise manner: The 1. chapter describes the effects of anger on child development in general and states that (and describes why): "Children of angry parents are more aggressive and noncompliant" (p. 4); "Children of angry parents are less empathic" (p. 5); "Children of angry parents have poor overall adjustment" (p. 5). And how it later in life among other problems can lead to alienation and depression. But most of all, how and why your kid(s) sooner and later will withdraw from you and instead of trying to please you and make you proud just want's to avoid pain (p. 9).

In chapter 2 you can test whether you (and your kid(s)) might have a problem, why you get angry (chapter 3), possible reasons behind why your kid(s) behave(s) the way he og she/they behave(s) (chapter 4) and what you can do better or differently in the future by changing what you think (chapter 5), do (chapter 6) and say (chapter 7)...

An excellent book - my sincere thanks to the writers Mckay; Fanning; Paleg & Landis!

Great book.

2006-08-31
This book explains about your emotions and trying to raise children. Some of us have short fuses and need to learn how to rethink situations that could lead to harmful situations for both parents and children. I find the material very helpful. I also bought this book for a friend who was interested in the topic and she loves it too. My husband bought it and had not touched it yet but I will keep reminding him. Great and interesting book.

A must have parenting book

2001-10-21
I'm going to say that this is THE best parenting book I've read (and believe me, I've read a lot!). I don't consider anger to be a big problem of mine, but nonetheless this book taught me how to keep my patience and has some awesome tips. If you're a mom or dad striving to build a great relationship with your child, go ahead and read it.

Good information to have.

1999-06-08
A technical book that explains the reasons parents get angry, how that affects children, and gives suggestions on how to get control of angry emotions. Lots of data to back up their ideas. For more practical ideas on how to handle parents and kids anger I'd suggest two books by Elizabeth Pantley - Kid Cooperation (How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading) and Perfect Parenting Dictionary of 1000 Parenting Tips with entries such as: Child's Anger, Parents Anger, Disrespect, Expressions of Hate, Fighting.