What makes you mad? Maybe getting bullied in school. Maybe your girlfriend or boyfriend flirting with someone else, or a friend spreading rumors about you. Or maybe an adult you trust letting you down. Or getting sent to detention. Or a juvenile center. Or worse. Whatever your reasons for being mad, anger is natural. Everyone feels it sometimes. But sometimes your reaction to anger can hurt people, including yourself. It can ruin your relationships, keep you from being successful in school or at work, lead to health problems, cause others to lose respect for you Think of it this way: Anger is like a fire. If you let it rage out of control, who knows what it can destroy. You can't prevent anger from flaring up, but you can control how you respond to it. Look inside to learn the truth about anger, how anger affects relationships, firewalls and other tools to tame the flames and other burning issues PLUS hear dozens of real teens sound off about what makes them mad, how they deal with their anger, and what happens when anger gets them in trouble. No question, anger affects everyone. The real question is: How will you handle it?

 

 

There are 264 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by ReadHowYouWant .

Award-winning author James J. Crist is the clinical director and a staff psychologist at the Child and Family Counseling Center in Woodbridge, Virginia, where he provides psychological testing and individual, couples, and family psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Crist is also an adjunct faculty member at Argosy University in Washington, D. C. He conducts workshops on topics including ADHD, Asperger's, depression, anxiety, anger management, parenting skills, effective discipline strategies, and more. He is the author of several books for young people, including "What to Do When You're Cranky & Blue," "What to Do When You're Scared & Worried," "Mad: How to Deal with Your Anger and Get Respect," and "Siblings: You're Stuck with Each Other So Stick Together" (with Elizabeth Verdick). He lives in Fort Washington, Maryland.