A favorite anecdote of mine is about my then 4-year-old son telling me that my problem is that I "overblow." Asking him what that meant, he explained that I don't get mad when I am mad and then I get so mad that I "overblow." Since then I have learned that while "overblowing" does often apply to parents, it applies as well to children. No one likes being the target of someone else's anger, especially if it is someone close to you. Children's anger sometimes feels like an accusation — as if [...]
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