Library · When I feel mad
and a way back to calm.
Someone comes too close, says something that makes no sense, and the body goes tight and loud. Vivi turns that moment into a narrated, animated story your child stars in: the feeling, a name for it, and one thing to do with it.
Who it helps
For children who shout, hit or melt down when they are frustrated, and for children who feel anger in the body long before they can say it. Parents of autistic children, and of children with big feelings, often use a social story like this to agree on one calming step in advance, while everyone is calm.
The story never tells your child that being mad is wrong. It shows what to do with the feeling.
Something sets it off
A toy taken, a rule that makes no sense, a person too close. Your child feels it start.
The feeling in the body
Tight hands, a hot face, a voice that wants to shout. The story names it: I feel mad.
One thing to do
Asking for a break, going to a quiet corner, squeezing a favorite toy. You choose the step that fits your child.
Calm comes back
The body loosens, a parent is near, and play goes on. Being mad was okay, and it passed.
Yours, not ours. These are the moments a story like this usually walks through. You choose what goes into your child's, and read every page before it is animated.
Questions parents ask
At calm times, not in the middle of a meltdown. A few times a week, and again after a hard moment once everyone has settled, so the calming step is ready for the next time.
Yes. Tell Vivi what already helps your child, whether that is a hug, a quiet corner or a squeeze toy, and the words you use at home. You read every page before it is animated and ask for changes in plain words.
Give the feeling a name, agree on one calming step before it is needed, and practice it when things are calm. A social story with your child as the main character lets them rehearse that step until it feels like their own.
Your first story is free in your first 30 days. After that you buy credits: 3 for $9, 10 for $26 or 30 for $66. A story is 1 credit, and a Fully Animated story is 10 more. Your first routine, Choose-Along and plan are free, then 1 credit each. Bought credits never expire.
Your first story is free. Set up your child, start from When I feel mad, and watch it together before bed.
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Vivi Kids is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carol Gray or Team Social Stories.
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