“Feelings…nothing more than feelings…” Sounds so soothing, doesn’t it? Except feelings can get pretty big and even scary when they’re radiating from small children. Who hasn’t been blown away by the ...
Licensed Clinical Social Worker Machaela offers a gentle, God-centered guide to emotional wellness for young readers.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Children and teens can express and manage their emotions in a healthy way, if taught emotional regulation -- according to health experts. "It's something that they need to be ...
Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...
Teaching your child about four foundational emotions—anger, sadness, fear, and jealousy—can help them build a lifelong emotional vocabulary. Naming and normalizing feelings gives kids the language ...
Managing emotions is probably one of the greatest challenges facing every individual. You only have to look on the Internet to see a large number of adults who are easily carried away by their ...
Kids listen. They might not seem like they're paying attention all the time, but they are tuned in to the words, phrases and tone their parents use. They carry those things with them throughout their ...
BUFFALO, NY — Feelings Rock is a program that was created to teach children younger than 5 about feelings and how to cope with emotions through music. Founder Katie Webster says she started the ...
The popular notion of "quality time" with children is a myth, often leading to parental guilt. Children actually need consistent availability and presence, not just curated peak experiences.
It’s natural for any child to test limits, whether it’s touching a hot stove that you repeatedly told them not to, or refusing to clean their room after multiple asks. This behavior is normal and ...
We've built an increasingly granular emotional vocabulary for children. These days, there are feelings charts in classrooms, ...