If you know me well, you will know I often bottle up my feelings instead of tell the person I am frustrated with why I am frustrated. If we could teach our children early on to share their frustrations verbally, we will not have explosive outbursts later on. I hope my work with Ada in my book 'I Feel Frustrated When You Won't Come Down." will help young readers to explore ways to communicate frustration. This is not a one book fits all situations bandaid. We need to constantly be vigilant about how we feel. We need to recognize our feelings and ask our inner guidance "What is this feeling telling me?" Only then is it good to act. Before we act it is most often best to communicate our frustration in a diplomatic way that will get the other person to try to see the situation from our point of view for just a minute. If we could do this the world would be a better place.
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