Temper on Shine

I Realize I've Turned Into My Mother...And I Don't Like It!

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Ever had an "aha" moment? One of those moments where something happens and you react the same exact way your mother does? Well in the past week I've been in a journey of re-discovery. I'm working on transforming the relationship I've always had with my mother and her husband…

Have You Ever Dated a Guy with a Temper?

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Did you guys watch The Bachelorette last night? Canadian cutie Jillian gets to choose between thirty guys, and most of them are smart, funny and smokin'. But there's one guy who I definitely would not want to meet in a dark alley....

JuiceBoxJungle: Adult Temper Tantrums -- Ugly. Funny. Harmful?

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We all lose our temper with our kids sometimes, and that's okay. Or do we, and is it? Click play to find out, and then tell us your (own) temper tantrum story. 40% of the parents we polled called out parents who lose their temper "bad parents".…

Crabmommy: Is parental anger good or bad for your kids?

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We rarely talk about the anger of being a parent. We know the lurking danger—of anger turning physical, or crossing a line. That means we also don't talk about the fact that we all lose it. Or the corollary fact that sometimes anger works.

So begins a recent post by Lisa Belkin at Motherlode, her New York Times blog. Motherlode has generally pithy posts on the usual range of parenting topics, and as a crabby mommy I got pretty excited when I sat down to read this one. Entitled "Can Yelling at your Kids be Good?" I prepared myself for something a little different, a little risqué. As one who frequently yells, the Crabmommy likes nothing more than a potential vindication of my colicky character. So when Belkin introduced guest blogger Susie Orman Schnall who shares a story of a moment she calls "frightening and memorable," I took notice.