Dads Share Advice on Managing Anger
- help identify the cause of your anger
- choose a response that avoids making the situation worse
- focus on solutions that foster collaboration rather than conflict
Your Instructor

CAPT Brian Lewis is a physician in the US Public Health Service, at US Food and Drug Administration and the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His interests outside public health include raising three children and vocal and guitar music learning and performance. Brian and his wife, Kakki, are frequent volunteer parent educators at Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, MD, leading classes for parents who want to learn more about what makes their kids tick!
Dave Drazen is a leader with the Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) and has been taking or leading classes since 2013. He has two active teen boys, and found that PEP's philosophies spoke to him. He is passionate about working with parents and caregivers to share the tools and insights that PEP has brought him.
"I enjoyed the program. I really liked hearing the strategies and then a real life scenario that actually pertained to me and how to step-by-step use the strategy to solve the problem."
--Participant, PEP Online
"I liked it! It's not always easy to attend classes in-person, so the online class is very convenient and conducive for both parents to participate."
--Participant, PEP Online