Family Ministry: Anger

Our parenting classes this month give us solid information about managing tantrums and anger. The Bible never says, “don’t be angry!” The Bible DOES say, "in your anger do not sin" (Psalm 4:4), but many Christians translate that as "do not be angry." Anger is a natural human emotion! It's essential that we help our children learn to deal with it in healthy ways.

Parenting is hard! No one has all the answers, but we do have a faith community of support and encouragement. Just know we are in this together, reach out to any of our Family Ministry team anytime! Think you need additional help? We offer a Parent Support Group that meets Thursdays through May 18 (off on April 27) from 6:00-7:30 pm in room 109. Remember, you are not alone!

Maybe your child still tends to pitch a full on fit when they’re upset, or maybe you’ve watched your child stomp away pouting. Either way, we’ve all seen our children exhibit a LACK of self-control. We all know self-control is an important characteristic in life. We’re probably all on the same boat in stating that we WANT our children to show better self-control. The question is HOW! How do we teach them that? Check out this month’s video on how to tame your child’s emotional meltdowns.

Parents of teens, you may be past the temper tantrum in the middle of Wal-Mart or Target phase...MAYBE☺️ But the truth is, now that your kid(s) are older, there are many days you will still have to work through emotional meltdowns. When your teen(s) still “lose it” at times, at the end of the struggle you can be left wondering if this will ever pass!

One source of teen "tantrums" is parents having to say no when teens regularly ask to see or do something that they aren’t old enough to do! This is common and there is a great way to help them understand why it’s not time for them to have that experience. We give some thoughts on how to navigate that in this month’s parent video.

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