Article: Anger And The American Family: Learn To Respond Rather Than React
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Anger And The American Family: Learn To Respond Rather Than React
Case #1. Brianna, 32, would get instantly outraged when her ex-husband threatened to file for custody of their two small children. Deciding to respond differently, she bit her tongue, and remained quiet when he began threatening an escalated legal battle. Unable to get the usual reaction from her, he calmed down and instantly became rational and more reasonable.
Case #2. Tom, 42, would become ballistic reacting to his 17 year old daughter who refused to see she was dating a ?loser? boy. The more he yelled, the deeper she dug her heels and refused to give up the boy.
Applying the anger management tool of ?respond instead of react?, Tom decided to try something different by including the boy into the family activities (as much as he could stand). After about thr...
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