What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger

by Dawn Huebner

Book Overview

Mom's Choice Award for Self-Improvement
​Young Voices Bronze Award, Children's Interactive

What to Do When Your Temper Flares guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with anger.

Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach children a set of "anger dousing" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433801345
• ISBN13: 9781433801341
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Magination Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7

Customer Reviews

My 9 year old refers to it regularly

At first my son was really angry that he got this book. He threw it on the floor and walked away! When I finally got him to look at it with me I let him treat it as a workbook. After all, it has spaces for writing and drawing. I also gave him a highlighter and told him to mark things that seemed important. Doing this gave him a sense of ownership and helped him connect with the ideas. It also helps that the material is presented in a way that he could relate to, with lots of questions and fun language. While this book hasn't been a cure-all, it has helped him tremendously. Six months later, he still reads it and talks about (and uses!) the strategies he learned.

Great cognitive therapy based book

Just from the intro. written to the parents, I was impressed. It made me feel more at ease about some of my son's issues. I am a former school counselor and I thought the layout of the book was great and it kept my 6 year old's attention (we would do a chapter a night each night before nights out). It gives some great concepts that plant seeds in a child's mind about what is going on when they get angry - even if they can't immediately put them to use. This is a wonderful series - we have tried three of the books.

Great way to approach the subject with my son

My son was showing a lot of anger, and didn't want to talk about it. This book was a great way to approach the subject during a non-angry time. It's very helpful to get a third party involved so remotely. The book was written well for his age - some humor, comic book type pictures, and some ideas that my 8 year old found to be helpful.

timely and helpful

Of all of Dawn Huebner's books, I like this one the best! As a therapist this book provides a multi-sensory approach with lots of options and choices that the kids can make in learning to control their anger. I had one child this week really get into the relaxation techniques, and I love the "vacuum cleaner" concept of not getting "sucked in" to anger.

Children learn practical strategies

As a retired elementary school teacher, I wish I had had What to Do When Your Temper Flares during my teaching years. What an incredible resource for children and their parents, as well as teachers and anyone else who works with kids. This book gives children the tools they need to deal with anger in a step-by-step way while keeping them engaged in the process of learning. Full of great information and useful strategies, this book is easy for younger children to understand, while remaining interesting to older children and respectful of all. I plan to keep it available for my grandchildren - it's a keeper!