Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Set a Clear Family Rule Teasing can sometimes feel harmless to one child but deeply hurtful to another.…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Helping Them to Notice Teaching siblings to look out for each other’s feelings builds compassion that will strengthen…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Teach Them to Use ‘I Feel’ Statements Many siblings feel anger towards each other, but instead of saying…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Show, Do Not Just Tell Children naturally watch how we handle our own feelings, especially when emotions are…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Link Actions to Feelings Many children say ‘sorry’ quickly just to end an argument, but they do not…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Show That All Feelings Are Welcome Many children hide their true feelings because they fear they will get…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Give Them Words for Their Feelings When a new baby arrives, it is common for an older child…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Stay Calm and Help Them Name Their Feelings Arguments between siblings are normal, but harsh words can leave…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Start with Your Example It is one thing for siblings to speak up about hurt feelings but truly…
Teaching Children to Understand and Name Their Feelings (Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health)
Parenting Perspective Naming Feelings and Using Role-Play When siblings feel hurt or left out, they often hold these feelings inside…
