The Anger Management Guide for Kids

Practical Strategies & Activities to Help Kids Stay Calm and In Control

312 pagesPublished 1 June 2026Kindle, paperback & hardcoverParenting

Anger is not the problem. Not knowing what to do with anger is the problem.

Children do not need to be taught that anger is bad. They need to be taught how to recognize it, express it safely, cool down, and repair after it comes out sideways.

The Anger Management Guide for Kids gives parents practical, child-friendly tools for helping children ages 3–10 understand and manage anger without shame. Written in Joanna Voss’s warm, science-informed style, this guide teaches families how to build anger awareness, body signals, safe expression, scripts, cool-down routines, school strategies, and repair skills.

Inside, you’ll find:

  • The Fire Alarm Model for helping children understand what anger is trying to communicate
  • The Anger Ladder for recognizing escalation before anger reaches explosion
  • Body-mapping tools to help children notice early warning signs
  • Fast anger tools for the first 60 seconds
  • Anger management activities for kids ages 3–10
  • Scripts children can use at home, school, and with friends
  • Repair tools for after hitting, yelling, throwing, or hurtful words
  • School anger plans for classroom, playground, and peer conflict
  • Adaptations for ADHD-profile, highly sensitive, sensory-sensitive, anxious, or fast-escalating children
  • Printable-style worksheets and quick-reference tools for parents and children

This book does not promise a child who never gets angry.

It offers something better: a child who slowly learns what to do when anger arrives.

Anger is allowed. Hurting is not. Repair is how we come back.

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The series

Big Feelings, Calm Families

  1. Why Is My Toddler Like This?
    Book 1Why Is My Toddler Like This?
  2. No More Meltdowns
    Book 2No More Meltdowns
  3. How to Stop Yelling
    Book 3How to Stop Yelling
  4. Helping Kids With Big Feelings
    Book 4Helping Kids With Big Feelings
  5. Discipline Without Damage
    Book 5Discipline Without Damage
  6. Calm Down Toolkit
    Book 6Calm Down Toolkit
  7. The Anger Management Guide for Kids
    Book 7The Anger Management Guide for KidsYou are here
  8. Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids
    Book 8Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids
Joanna Voss

About the author

Joanna Voss

Calm Parenting Scientist

Joanna Voss is a developmental psychologist, certified parent coach, and the author of the Big Feelings, Calm Families series.

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