Ways Parents Provoke Children to Anger

Purpose and Practice

A Checklist of Ways Parents Provoke Their Children

to Anger (from Heart of Anger, by Lou Priolo) circle each statement that occurs in your home

Lack of marital harmony

Establishing/maintaining a child-centered home

Modeling sinful anger

Consistently disciplining in anger

Scolding

Being inconsistent with discipline

Having double standards

Being legalistic (Making man-made rules equal to God’s law, or a test of spirituality)

Not admitting when you are wrong

Constantly finding fault

Parents reversing God given roles

Not listening to the child’s opinion or side of the story

Comparing children to others

Not having time to talk

Not praising the child

Failing to keep promises

Chastising him in front of others

Giving too much freedom

Not giving enough freedom

Making fun of the child

Abusing them physically

Calling them names

Having unrealistic expectations

Showing favoritism toward one child over another

Employing child-training methodologies that are inconsistent with God’s Word