Parenting can be hard and can feel especially overwhelming when children have strong emotions, such as anger, frustration or excitement, that they are not always able to regulate on their own.
We've built an increasingly granular emotional vocabulary for children. These days, there are feelings charts in classrooms, books about managing big emotions, and entire pedagogies built around ...
Teaching toddlers and preschoolers about emotions doesn’t have to be complicated. Emotions Sensory Bottles are a fun, calming, and creative way to introduce your child to feelings in a safe, hands-on ...
"I love your posts, but my husband is afraid that if we allow our kids to get upset as you suggest, they'll never learn to control their emotions. Don't we need to just say No sometimes?" —Rachel All ...
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 ...
I was a fully grown adult before I learned that identifying emotions is the first step to dealing with them. Now I keep a feelings wheel handy at all times, just in case anyone needs help ...
When children have strong feelings and emotions about something it’s important to have someone to talk to about them! Real families talk with PBS KIDS about their feelings and emotions in this “PBS ...
But I've started paying closer attention to the things I said and say when my kids are upset, and I've realized that a lot of the phrases I reach for—the ones I heard growing up, the ones that feel ...
Bing Bong, the imaginary friend from the animated movie "Inside Out," clearly has a substantial fan base in San Antonio. The fanciful character can be found in physical form across from the entrance ...