Parenting From The Source

Cyber bullying hurts kids and often results in suicide (anger turned inward) or school shootings (anger turned outward). As adults concerned about kids, what can we do? In 2001, I wrote an article about school violence. I mentioned metal detectors, search dogs, and see-through backpacks. Today we’re talking about allowing and equipping teachers to carry [...]

The anger that causes a person to turn a gun on a crowd is frightening enough to those of us who hear about it on the news. But, what if you are a parent whose teen son is exhibiting the warning signs of deep-seated anger that could turn violent? Professional Help for Anger Family therapists, [...]

Anger exploding into violence is becoming far too common in the United States and around the world. Theories about what causes a person to become a mass murderer include playing violent video games, being bullied, and growing up in an abusive home. It can be one of the above and any number of other causes. Suppressed [...]

Anger—was that the emotion driving James Holmes to step into a Colorado movie theater and begin firing? Is it the emotion that drives so many people to maim and kill innocent bystanders? Anger seems to boil beneath the surface in people and then suddenly explode in destructive actions. We also see anger in such behaviors [...]