It really isn’t easy to handle our children’s rage. Particularly if it recurs, hurts others and breaks things. Perhaps we never learned to deal with our own angry feelings in childhood and fell into the habit of pushing them away; leaving us to feel guilty in the aftermath.

As I often get asked the question: How can I support my angry child?

Each child and scenario is different but here are five tips that will help us to give our children a better opportunity to acknowledge and deal with their angry feelings constructively.