Our parents may have been responsible for some of our problems. We are responsible for all the solutions. Rage is a maladaptive response to life's frustrations including those of childhood. When we recognize rage about to happen, we may intervene and channel the energy constructively. We find another expression for our anger, one that offers alternatives.
Anger is a complicated issue.
We need to accept the right to be angry as well as the right of others to be angry even though anger is never justified. We have a right to be what we are. Wherever we are on our journey we can see it as the continuing first step of our travel. That being said, we can see rage as a maladaptive response and attempt to make others responsible for how we feel while expressing our unmet childhood needs. While putting notes together for this issue of A Course for Teachers , and visiting friends, we came across Hiawyn Oram's children's book, Angry Arthur , illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura.