“I use the Grump Meter when I feel my mood changing from calm, moving up to orange or red. The Grump Meter is my guide to take a break and do what I need to, to get myself back on blue. This has been a tremendous tool for me personally.”

“The Grump Meter is easy to use, and it’s easy for children to use the concept of mindfulness in a very simple but powerful way.”

“The grump meter is fun, colorful and makes talking about your anger easy.”

“The Grump Meter has made a difference in our lives as a family; it changed my whole family and me. Thank you for creating this wonderful tool.”

“The Grump Meter has done great things for our class! We have used it to establish an ongoing open dialogue about our feelings before we erupt, and I’ve had great parent feedback about the Grump Meter.”

“Thank you for such an amazing book—it is changing life with our 4 year old!”

“The Grump Meter has really caught on with the kids—then they go home and tell their siblings and parents about it :)”

“This is an answer to my morning prayers!”

“The Grump Meter’s awesome! I’m going to ask my teacher to invite you to school.”

“The grump meter helps everyone in our family deal with their anger in a better way.”

“My parents took my Grump Meter home to use it. Can I make another one?”

“We have a saying in our house: On orange, ‘Step on the brakes.’ It works for anger control - not just cars.””

“Pointing to the colors on the grump meter helps you control your angry times. I remember the colors on the grump meter and that helps me avoid RED.”

“The Grump Meter actually teaches me how to control myself. It doesn’t just tell me what I’m supposed to do. And, it’s not just about kids’ behavior. It helps me when my parents are grumpy, too.”

“My students are using the Grump Meter every day and I am seeing them being able to articulate their feelings more. The Grump Meter helps the kids focus their attention on themselves in a positive way. Often they’ll stop crying or feeling bad because they know that I am listening to them. ”

“Several of my students have talked to their parents about the Grump Meter, and one family has embraced it and has a Grump Meter on their fridge at home. They check in with each other and continue the work we are doing in the classroom. ”

“ I can communicate with my students through a common language of color. We can help each other move back down the Grump Meter. If an overwhelming number of my kids are on green (like the day after Halloween), then we can address it as a class. I can adjust my class warm-up time a little to accommodate their needs.”

“The Grump Meter helps students relate to one another because it creates common ground and common language. ”

“The Grump Meter has allowed me to feel much more comfortable handling emotional situations. In the past I would get anxious when there was a behavioral or emotional situation in my class; now I feel much more comfortable because we have a tool and language to guide the discussion. The more comfortable that I am with emotional situations, the more comfortable the students are.”

“I have been modeling my own emotional awareness in front of the class, and my students are able to relate how they are feeling to a color on the grump meter. The Grump Meter has opened a channel for discussion about emotions in the classroom. ”

“Today in one of our mindfulness classes, a student mentioned that he had made a Grump Meter for his family because his family needed help with managing their anger. We are so happy to see students become teachers in their families.”