The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

by Ross W. Greene

using the information. Such children are not intentionally trying to be noncompliant; rather, they become overwhelmed by the emotions associated with frustration and have difficulty applying rational thought until they calm down. You

This is a big problem, for it’s actually very useful to be able to let people know you’re “frustrated” when you’re frustrated. Can you imagine feeling all the sensations associated with frustration—hot-faced, agitated, tense, explosive, and so on—without being able to let people know what you’re feeling? Under such circumstances, there’s some