Dr. Ray Catania nearly gets hit by another car with his child in the back seat. After swerving to safety, he realizes the threat is over and chooses not to stay angry, then explains this to his child as a lesson in letting go of past anger rather than holding onto it.
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And I'll tell you a quick story. I was driving and I had one of the little ones in the back seat, and a guy who was coming this way, the opposite way, blew the light and nearly hit us. And I swerved out of the way, and I swerved back in the lane, and I said something like, "You mother mother something something." And then I kept driving, and she— and the little one in the back seat said, "What happened?" I said, "Well, that guy almost hit us." And she goes, "Oh, you must be angry." And I said, "Well, now I'm not. Two blocks ago I was." And she goes, "Well, why aren't you angry?" And I said, "Well, because it happened back there and no one's trying to hit us right now, so I don't have to be angry anymore." She goes, "Oh, okay." And that's the way we raise our kids, not thinking that they have to hold on to that anger. That's brilliant. That's going to change their lives.