Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger

16 March 2012

Warwick Pudney and Eliane Whitehouse (Jessica Kingsley, 15.99, ISBN 9781849052177)

Dealing with anger in young children is about embracing it as much as managing it, say the authors. Here they outline the different reasons children may feel angry and offer strategies to combat negative feelings and minimise outbursts. In the chapter that focuses on responding to anger specifically in early years settings, the book urges practitioners to hold abusive action to account and create consequences that will deter it. A constructive approach also includes listening to the child with 'full attention and empathy', tracking back to the vulnerable emotions behind the anger and putting words to the emotions.

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