There’s a secret to understanding anger, and it is simple. Anger, almost always, is not the first reaction someone has to a situation; there is a prior emotion like disappointment or sadness which precedes the anger.

Parenting angry kids can be difficult; sometimes it can be nearly impossible. But understanding anger itself, and realizing that it’s not only healthy, but essential, for kids to express anger, will start them on the road to learning to express it appropriately and not in ways harmful to others and to themselves.

Even so, the first time a child announces that he or she hates Mom, or Dad, or both, can be very painful. But it’s almost certain to happen at least once, and when it does, you can exercise some techniques for parenting angry children which will help both you and your child survive and live to laugh another day.

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Here’s an eye opener: while the divorce rate among couples married for the first time is slightly over fifty percent, it’s even higher among those with second marriages. And because nearly three-quarters of those who end their first marriages in divorce marry again within three to five years, there are a lot of kids going through not one, but two divorces.

The entire process of divorce, remarriage, and step-parenting is one that needs to be carefully examined by those who are thinking about committing themselves and their kids to life as a step-family. Blended families are the largest growing family sector in the US, and it’s up to the marrying couple to understand the complex set of realities awaiting them when the honeymoon is over.

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