My wife told me my son was taught in school how to express their anger.

She got him to show me when I got back from work and my first impression was, “What a cute son I have!” Hahahaha….

Here’s how he did it. With arms akimbo and his face tilting skywards, he said through his pouting lips, ” I am angry!”.

And true enough, my wife said that on occasions when he was not happy with her, he would use the newly-learnt posture to express his anger.

Personally I think it is good that children learn to express their anger. They should be made aware that it is not wrong to be angry with things they don’t feel happy about . In fact, they should be encouraged to verbalise their anger.

Only that way can we adults find out the root of their anger and help them rationalise if the “root” reason for being angry is correct.

If it is “correct”, then we can empathise with his anger but at the same time gently encouraging them to simmer down. If it is “wrong”, then it is about imparting the right values.

The most important thing is that they DO NOT grow up bottling up their feelings.