The author provides simple and effective tools that help a sensitive child "turn on" conscious behavior in critical situations. Examples from the lives of parents and their children who have developed useful skills and gotten rid of negative ones illustrate concrete sequential steps through which a child learns to recognize a destructive emotion in advance, to "stop" and respond meaningfully, rather than reacting mindlessly. Painstaking daily work gives unsurpassed results - burnt-out parents, hysterical children turn into happy ones