Product Description

The Emotional Impact Series... Anger can be a powerful and frightening emotion for children to see in others and experience in themselves. In this book, Dr. Moser explains the causes of anger and offers methods that can help children reduce the amount of anger they feel. He also gives effective techniques to help young people control their behavior, even when they are angry. This book will delight both children and adults. It's informative and it's bun because Dr. Moser examines the complex feelings of human anger with the proper blend of sensitivity and humor. And David Melton's colorful illustrations are bright and witty.

Counselors, teachers, parents and children who have read and used Dr. Moser's previous books are sure to welcome Don't Rant & Rave on Wednesdays!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45605 in Books
• Published on: 1994-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 61 pages

Review
Delightful and practical! You don't have to be a psychologist to read this book to a child. Better still, have a child read it to you. -- Larry M. Hubble, Ph.D., Psychologist

Dr. Moser clearly defines the complicated emotion of anger and offers workable suggestions to help youngsters better control their anger. -- Sue Clarke, Coordinator of gifted Programs

From the Author
Dear Friend: When I was a boy, I often got very angry. Some people told me to "let all my anger out." So I didn't hesitate to yell and scream, shake my fists, and stomp my feet! I let my anger out all right. But that kind of behavior got me into a lot of fights and arguments. It also got me into trouble at school and home. Now that I am an adult, I still get angry. But I don't get as angry as often as I used to, and I don't stay angry as long. I have learned how to control my behavior when I'm angry. I no longer get into fights, and I don't get into as many arguments. I get along much better with other people, and I stay out of trouble. That makes me a much happier person. It is important that you understand your own anger and learn how to deal wit it in positive ways. So I wrote this book just for you. Your Friend, Adolph Moser

P.S. If you know some other RANTERS and RAVERS, you might want to share this book with them.

About the Author
Dr. Adolph J. Moser is a psychologist specializing in biobehavioral approaches to stress-related syndromes and in designing effective health promotion programs. Dr. Moser is a graduate of the universities of Purdue and Indiana. He is certified in biofeedback and is a Diplomate Stressologist. He is also a Diplomate in Behavioral Medicine, Psychotherapy, the Academy of Health Care Professionals, and the Academy of pain management, and he is a Fellow and Diplomate in medical Pswychotherapy.

Customer Reviews

Don't get mad, get busy
This 61-page picture book contains simple language easily read by first and second graders (on a par with Dr. Suess), but its sophistication about children's anger will keep them coming back until they are approaching middle school.

The premise is simple: Everyone gets angry--young people, old people, tall people, short people, fat people, thin people, nice people, mean people, men people, women people, boy and girl people. Including, of course, kids reading this book. When people get angry they do silly things--shake their fists, jump up and down, rant and rave, call bad names, throw things.

The book explains anger as the feeling we have when we are really annoyed or really mad. Anger, children learn here, affects their thinking, excites emotions, makes muscles tense. Kids learn why people get angry (it happens more easily when they don't fell well, or are in a grumpy mood, when someone calls a bad name, makes fun, pushes, hits or breaks a favorite toy). People can get mad at themselves, too--because they stub a toe, bump their head, dent their new bike, lose their lunch money or forget their homework. It also happens often--up to 12 times a day.

When people are angry, they do funny things. If someone laughs at them, they get angrier, lose control, hit and sometimes become so enraged, they even kill another person. Being so angry can actually make people sick.

About halfway through this book, the author notes that in order to become productive and happy, kids should avoid being angry. This section begins with the recognition that anger is often inappropriate. No one would consider it funny, for example, for the President of the U.S. to get so angry that he started screaming and yelling on national television. Feeling angry can be harmful. People who rant and rave get into more fights, are more apt to lie, cheat and steal, drop out of school and get sick or use drugs.

It's not good, either, to blame oneself for others' anger. They are responsible for themselves. We are responsible for ourselves. And we can quickly change from feeling okay to feeling angry, which in turn produces physical reactions, including tense muscles. It's like "speeding down the highway at one hundred miles per hour" in a car without a steering wheel.

The book's final 18 pages provide anger-control methods. "Before you race out of control," Moser writes, "put on the brakes. Give yourself time to calm down by counting to ten slowly. If you still feel upset, keep on counting." Staying calm, the book tells kids, will help them to think more clearly, listen to their thoughts and control their behavior. Reading a joke book can kids laugh, which creates good brain chemicals, which in turn kill pain. The author also advises kids to channel their anger to good uses: draw a picture, write something, clean a room, wash dishes, straighten a closet, take a walk or a hot bath. These exercises can reduce anger. (But hitting a punching bag, playing football or other violent activities won't.)

This book teaches kids how to develop self-control. Alyssa A. Lappen

Not for 9- 12 year olds, much younger.
This book has only the most common of suggestions for anger management (ex: count to 10). It has very little text since each page is mostly a cartoon-like drawing. Should be targetted at a younger audience, not 9 to 12 year olds.

Fantastic Tool
This book is very helpful on discussing anger management w/ children. I have a son that has ADHD and this is a great tool to use. I would recommend this book for elemetary children, 5 and up.