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Mad Dad Punches Coach
Today my kids basketball coach played the starters all game, even when they were down by 12 in the fourth. My boy is 8 and he lives to play and it just crushed me to see him wanting to play so bad and that d*ck coach just playing starters. 8 year olds. So I went down to ask him to play my son but something happened between the bleachers and the sidelines and by the time I got there I was raging and I just punched him. Now we’re kicked out of the league. I wanted my kid to play and now he can’t play all year. What kind of dad am I. Sh*t like this has been happening to me my whole life. I mean well but f**k it up. My exwife says I am an a**hole and I guess she is right. I don’t want to be an a**hole dad. What do I do?
Read answer →Bullied as Child Finds Himself Accused of Bullying at Work
I was bullied for being overweight when I was in middle school and I also lived with a lot of emotional abuse and teasing at home from my mother my entire life so anyway I know how badly being bullied feels. I am a supervisor of 28 people in a call center environment. I just had an HR review meeting because of accusations from more than one person that I was bullying my staff. I am shocked. I do not consider myself a bully but I am very quick to get angry when people fail to meet my expectations and I take meeting performance goals very seriously. Obviously I need to change my management style but I get so angry when people slack off or screw up and I don’t know how to keep that hidden. How can I learn to repress my anger?
Read answer →Catching the Anger Before it Spills Out On Your Children
I am kind of a quick tempered person. I have two children, a boy who is 6 and a girl who is 4. I was always scared of my dad who was the family disciplinarian and I never wanted to walk in his footsteps with my own children but I can see that they are scared of me because I am quick to get angry and, as my wife will always tell me, what is worst is that my anger is unpredictable and seems to come out of nowhere. I often feel regret after yelling at my children for being too harsh but regret’s not very helpful since I can’t stop at the heat of the moment. I do not use corporal punishment at least. I am willing to change but not sure how to start. I want a happy family not a scared and dysfunctional one.
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