Yes, there will be consequences. On that day, my anger was not meant to be the way by which I correct the situation. Her actions were simply one more straw breaking this particular camel's back. And I think she realized that because she did make an apology later on. I think it's ok for kids to know that sometimes their actions do cause other people anger. As well, not everyone remains perfectly buttoned up and in perfect control. Sometimes, people loose it a bit. It is human and no point in trying to give a false impression that I or anyone else can remain perfectly in control all the time. So long as there is no threat of violence of course which there wasn't. She wasn't even in the room at the time but later she saw my face and knew her mistake was one of several things gone wrong on that day and she did apologize.