Yell less, love more How the Orange Rhino mom stopped yelling at her kids-and how you can too!

Sheila McCraith

Book - 2014

"A 30-day guide that includes 100 alternatives to yelling, simple daily steps to follow, honest stories to inspire."--Cover.

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Published
Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press 2014.
Language
English
Main Author
Sheila McCraith (author)
Physical Description
208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781592336333
  • The Orange Rhino Story
  • 1. Ease Into Change
  • Day 1. Admit the Need to Change: Embracing My "Uh-Oh-I-Need-to-Change" Moment
  • Day 2. Ask Others for Support: Help, It Does a Body Good
  • Day 3. Get Your Kids to Help: The Orange Rhino Game
  • Day 4. Practice Yelling Away from Kids: I Love Yelling into Toilets
  • Day 5. Surround Yourself with Reminders: Orange is the New Gray
  • 2. Gain Awareness
  • Day 6. Start Tracking Triggers: Love at Second Sight
  • Day 7. Be Honest with Yourself: "Why, Mommy, Why, Why?"
  • Day 8. Note Physical Symptoms of a Growing Yell: Mommy Threw a Sippy Cup
  • Day 9. Label Your Triggers: "No, I Won't Clean My Room!"
  • 3. Practice Trigger Management
  • Day 10. Fix the Fixable Triggers: Clutter Makes Me Want to Scream
  • Day 11. Manage the Manageable Trigger?: My S.P.D. Makes Me Y.E.L.L.
  • Day 12. Acknowledge the Unchangeable Triggers: The Twenty-Five-Hour Day
  • Day 13. Accept the Unchangeable Triggers: I Can't Change My Son
  • Day 14. Practice Forgiveness: I Dwell, Therefore I Yell
  • 4. Prepare to Charge Forward
  • Day 15. Choose a Personal Goal: If I Can Just Make It to 9:05 a.m....
  • Day 16. Create Positive Affirmations: The Vicious-I Mean Victorious-Cycle
  • Day 17. Take Care of Yourself: Sleep. Eat. Run, Clean ... Poop?
  • 5. Start to Yell Less, and Love More
  • Day 18. Becoming an Orange Rhino: My Out-of-Body-Experience
  • 6. Get Calm When Things (The Kids?) Are Getting Crazy
  • Day 19. Let L.O.V.E. Rule: My Thirty-Six-Year-Old Security Blanket
  • Day 20. Find Perspective: "At Least"-My New Favorite Mantra
  • Day 21. Laugh When You Just Want to Scream: The Great Toothpick Debacle of 2013
  • Day 22. Tell Yourself Yelling Doesn't Work: ... And I Dropped to My Knees and Cried
  • Day 23. Talk Out Loud: "Mommy Is Scared."
  • 7. Find Warmth When All You Feel Is Anger
  • Day 24. Reminisce About What Happens When You Don't Yell: "Mommy, Will You Love Me in Heaven?"
  • Day 25. Remember, Kids Are People Too: If I Were a Kid...
  • Day 26. Seethe Good in Your Kid: Formally Known as the Tasmanian Devil
  • Day 27. Go Back to the Basics: Food Fight!
  • Day 28. Ask Yourself Who Started It: An Ode to "Perfect" Family Portraits
  • 8. Stay Determined When You Just Want to Quit
  • Day 29. Know You Can Do It: How to Hold a Yell
  • Day 30. Remember What Matters: Tipping the Scale Toward Love
  • 9. Beyond Day 30
  • Every Day Past 30: My Promise to My Boys
  • 10. Summary of Key Points
  • Top 10 Orange Rhino Revelations about Yelling
  • Top 10 Benefits of Being an Orange Rhino
  • Top 10 Alternatives to Yelling
  • Most Frequent Orange Rhino Triggers and Solutions
  • Frequently Asked Question and Answers
  • Resources
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
Review by Library Journal Review

Starred Review. This reviewer doubts there's a parent among us who didn't wish she yelled less, but here's one who actually learned how. Blogger McCraith (The Orange Rhino Challenge, theorangerhino.com), horrified at being "caught" by her handyman screaming at her four young sons, embarked on a challenge to go 365 days without yelling. In this title that combines personal story and everyday parenting tips, the author shares how she reached her goal and offers readers a 30-day condensed version for doing the same. "Orange Rhinos" ("determined and energetic people who choose not to charge with words") have many options here, including easing into change, gaining awareness, and practicing trigger management. Each day contains tips for mood awareness and specific actions depending on if you're feeling cool, warm, or hot, such as screaming into the toilet and flushing away the rage and squeezing Play-Doh to a pulp in lieu of yelling. VERDICT Beautifully designed, with slick, heavy-duty paper and full-color photos and sidebars throughout. McCraith offers a practical, mom-to-mom approach to curbing the anger-guilt cycle that will likely resonate with readers more than the typical psychological examination of emotional regulation. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.