When kids feel bombarded by difficult emotions, they may feel a sense of helplessness, as if there is nothing they can do to pull themselves out of the storm. As parents, we know effective strategies ...

I love my kids fiercely, but I've learned that loving them doesn't mean absorbing every mood swing, meltdown, or emotional storm they have.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Little kids have a lot of big feelings, ones that can change rapidly and dramatically from the time it takes you say “Would you like a strawberry jam sandwich?” to “Oh dear, we only have the ends of ...

Since the last Bluey episode (for now at least) aired, most families with young kids have probably watched the Bluey canon at ...

In our previous post, we discussed the first three things we know about raising great kids. In addition to attachment and empathy, we know that in order to raise great kids they also need emotion ...

A parent's job isn't to shield their child from life's challenges, but to guide them through — offering support and tools to help them thrive in tough times. As a child life specialist and therapist, ...

Young children can have big feelings, but not yet know how to handle them. Parents and caregivers can learn how to use coaching as a simple tool for responding to a child’s upset to build her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anxiety, at right — pictured here with Joy — is one of the new emotions in Inside Out 2 and really steals the show. (Pixar) The ...