Date: July 12th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “How can I help my young students work through anger, frustration, shutting down, and refusal when they already don’t have much control over their emotions?”
Date: March 15th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I’m a high school teacher and lately I’m quite shocked by how upset my students can get with each other in class discussions. I frankly don’t know what to do about this. Do you have any suggestions?”
Date: August 14th, 2024
Date: April 14th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Sometimes I just don’t know what to say! When an upset kid comes to me with a problem I don’t always have the answers. How can I help when I don’t know what to say or do?”
Date: March 13th, 2024
Date: March 6th, 2024
Remembering that there are feelings behind a kid’s angry outburst will help you to respond instead of react.
Date: October 15th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I use yoga and mindfulness techniques in my classroom regularly but when the kids get upset they don’t use these techniques in the moment! How can I get the good stuff to kick in?”
Date: September 10th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “When a kid gets so upset that they smash a window, are they aware of how out of control they are? And what’s a logical consequence?”
Date: September 28th, 2022
We have a lot of angry kids. When we are able to figure out what is causing their anger, we’re better able to help them deal with it.
Date: August 14th, 2022
Polly answers the question: “I have a little one who tantrums immediately if I redirect her or if another kid has something she wants… What can I do?”
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