Quote by Harvey Karp

I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our…

— Nia Long

“Anger is a normal human emotion and all children experience it to some degree, but many parents have difficulty dealing with it. Often they…

— Susan Forward

“In between every action and reaction, there is a space. Usually the space is extremely small because we react so quickly, but take notice…

— Rebecca Eanes

“Your child acts this way because she doesn’t know how else to handle her difficult thoughts and feelings.”

— Jeffrey Bernstein

You must learn to look at people who are angry with you straight in the eye without getting angry back. When children see their…

— Roy Masters

“Angry words might sometimes motivate children to do what you say, but a closer look reveals damaged family relationships. Short-term compliance comes at the…

— Scott Turansky

“When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must ignore her outrage, that she must be kind and accepting to…

— Martha Stout

One of the things about parents and children is that there is no way that you go through this without there being mutual anger.

— Anne Roiphe

Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing…

— Jack Canfield

“Harshness, gruffness, and sternness are not effective in shaping a child’s will. Likewise, constant whacking and threatening and criticizing are destructive and counterproductive. A…

— James C. Dobson

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more…

— Benjamin Spock

“The Bible addresses two distinct reactions to hostility in parents: Fathers are told not to “embitter [their] children, or they will become discouraged” (Col.…

— Henry Cloud