Keep Cool with Your Kids
  • Know your limits. Accept what you can’t change….for now.
  • Ease your tension, take a walk, listen to music, or splash cold water on your face.
  • Encourage your children’s positive qualities and constructive behaviors.
  • Phone a friend. It helps to share your concerns and talk things out.
  • Your example helps your children learn to handle anger.
  • Opt for the counting cure if needed. Count to 10...20...or 100.
  • Use your kitchen timer for the "Time Out" before disciplining.
  • Remember that everyone slips up at times, including you and your children.
  • Count your blessings; these include the children you love.
  • Organize the time away from your children so you enjoy your time together.
  • Out of ideas to handle anger? Consider parenting classes. Call 464-5500.
  • Learn which "cool down" methods work best for you and use them.
 
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