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You can control this emotion by controlling your thinking. Ask yourself, “What am I thinking, and does it make any sense? What is a different way of thinking about this and does that make more sense?” Learning a few skills can keep you from becoming an Anger Bee.
A common problem for most children and many adults is the ability to determine if the emotion of anger is appropriate. The Exercise is designed to help identify some examples of typical situations and allowing the child to identify the Good Thinking opportunity.
Rewarding behaviors associated with the Good Thinking of the Don’t Bee Angry story will be easier than for many of the other stories in the Coping Skills “Cosmos” series. Anger is so typical that finding opportunities to reward someone for not engaging in an angry emotion (not the same as just not acting out on their anger) should be obvious by its novelty.
Remember to use Shaping (encouraging them to get closer and closer to the desired behavior) and to praise them for identifying their Stinky Thinking. This will encourage them to challenge their Stinky Thinking and change it to Good Thinking.
Ask your children to tell about any opportunity that they had to deal with an “Anger” situation. Although it is always better to not act upon your anger, it is even better if you can change your thinking and not be angry.
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