Managing Anger

Getting angry is a normal response to being human. Everyone experiences anger as a reaction to frustration or difficulty. Anger is an emotion that can tell us that something is wrong and unfair and needs changing. Teaching children to control and express anger in ways appropriate to their age and development is an important principle of early violence prevention. One of the primary ways of teaching young children is for adults to teach by example. Thus, adults need to learn how to control and express their own anger in nonviolent ways so their actions show young children how to behave.