Anger and high anxiety are emotions that children experience in stressful situations. Children need to cope with these emotions to develop social competence. These skills are internal and must be self-initiated to be effective. To control anger, children are taught to initiate a Time-Out or break for themselves when they feel high anxiety or a desire to act aggressively. The purpose of this Time-Out is to create time and space for cooling down. Another skill that helps control anger is cognitive self-coping talk. This skill’s purpose is to increase competence for handling difficult situations through talking to oneself through the experience.