Principle 30
❖ Our anger can affect our children’s anger
Children's response to frustration and the frequency of their anger can be affected by the frequency and intensity of our anger.
A parent's anger can be like an alarm bell going off in a child's head. If the alarm keeps going off again and again, the brain mechanism for calming arousal in response to the bell begins to deteriorate. Once this calming ability of the brain declines, the child may become more vulnerable to frustration. He or she may be more likely to respond with anger that spins out of control and becomes irrational.
Given the consequences here, does that mean we should never be angry with or around our children? What do you think?