What a great post Cailin. Xtml, I find the same thing lately. I think being sleep deprived is a big part of it - your tolerance decreases so much. So at least you know that you are normal. I think Cailin has given you (and me!!) great advice. You can get some postive from the negative by discussing it with your kids. This helps them to understand emotions and the right and wrong ways to deal with them. And forget the guilt (yeah, ok, easier said than done!). It doesn't help anything, it only makes it worse.