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What do you do with the mad that you feel? When you feel so mad you could bite.
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications (reciting his song lyric), 1969
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

Rogers sang this line from his Neighborhood song to Senator Pastore during his Senate testimony, explaining that his program gave young children language for anger — the feeling that most frightens parents and isolates children. A father who can ask his child this question — what do you do with the mad that you feel?

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