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Years ago there was a professional tennis player who was famous for his tantrums.

He would break rackets and throw stuff and scream and literally throw himself to the ground. And it was really awkward and uncomfortable to watch.

And there's a reason he was so angry and it was probably because when he was young,

there was nobody to help him understand and process his emotions.

I'm John Fuller along with Danny where to and Danny

uncontrollable anger really can erupt out of our boys in particular at an early age girls too but boys in my

experience a little bit more easily how can we as parents especially moms, teach our sons in particular that, you know what, that

that tantrum?

It's not okay.

You got to learn to deal with that stuff.

Yeah, you want to respond and redirect right away with kids.

And there are some kids that have a much harder time with this, especially the competitive

types.

They start to lose or someone takes a toy early on and they get very angry fast.

And it's good to help them learn self-awareness and so with some kids you can do anger cards and help them see how it goes from

0 to 2 or 0 to 5, 0 to 10 and they may not initially get it but the more you

use it the more they get the fact that there's progression and once you get to

five, you've got to go do something else so that you don't explode on people.

And helping them see the impact that it has on other people is important.

Hey, when you're angry, this is how it makes me feel.

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