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Ways to Teach Your Kid to Work Through Anger Use a “Feelings Thermometer” to help kids recognize when anger rises. The good news is that when we go back and process what we did, and what we might have done instead, we teach our kids that learning to cope with big feelings takes time and practice, and it’s okay to make a mistake as long as we apologize, take responsibility, and figure out a new way to handle a similar problem in the future. When kids learn to take their feelings temperature regularly throughout the day, they begin to recognize when they’re feeling anger and frustration. I tell kids and parents every day that if you can learn to regulate your emotional responses through deep breathing, you can find healthy ways to cope with the ups and downs on any given day.

To Help a Victim of Bullying, It Just Takes OneTo Help a Victim of Bullying, It Just Takes Kids are often told to stand up to a bully – to use witty comebacks to show the bully that her words or actions don’t hurt. Walking away doesn’t feel like a viable option when the taunting follows you home by text, by email, by social media…when the hurt seems to loop like the 24-hour news cycle. She is the author of "The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World" (Tarcher/Penguin, 2015) and "No More Mean Girls:

It’s not necessarily that each girl in the room has experienced bullying, but each girl knows that it’s something to worry about. She works in private practice in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, writes for PBS Parents, Washington Post Parents, and the Huffington Post. She works in private practice in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, writes for PBS Parents, Washington Post Parents, and the Huffington Post. She is the author of "The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World" (Tarcher/Penguin, 2015) and "No More Mean Girls:

This is a small sample of what you will find in Rachel Macy Stafford’s highly anticipated new book, Only Love She works in private practice in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, writes for PBS Parents, Washington Post Parents, and the Huffington Post. She works in private practice in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, writes for PBS Parents, Washington Post Parents, and the Huffington Post. She is the author of "The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World" (Tarcher/Penguin, 2015) and "No More Mean Girls: