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Children's Book: "I Am So Angry, I Could SCREAM"

We all know that children get upset and angry at the littlest things. Well actually, what may seem like a trivial matter to adults, could make a child terribly angry. How can we teach our children to deal with and channel their anger?

In the book, "I Am So Angry, I Could Scream," a little girl named Penny gets very angry in response to different situations throughout the story. She doesn't know quite how to handle her anger, until her aunt Rose shows her how to use an Anger Chart to help her deal with her anger in positive ways.

My ParenTime recommends the book, "I Am So Angry, I Could SCREAM" by Laura Fox, M.A. -- the illustrations are colorful and descriptive, and the situations that Penny deals with throughout the book are real. I personally wouldn't read the book as a bedtime story though...I feel it's a bit too long for that. Besides the fact that it would be most effective when children are not sleepy. But I must say, that the book does do a wonderful job of teaching children about an important emotion - I've read it to my 6 year old a few times now :-). Also, by using the Anger Chart, you can help your child discover that their anger can be dealt with in a positive way.

~My ParenTime November 2001

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