Help your children learn positive ways to keep their cool. “Cool Down” Coach:Learning to read the early warning signs is half the battle. Coach your child to recognize his or her own physical and emotional anger signals. “Wow! You look like you’re feeling really mad to me. Maybe you need to go out to the Read More
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Conversation
Help Your Child With Conversation Parents who use an elaborate conversation style with their child, in which they draw them out to elicit detailed memories about past, shared events, can help their child: What is an elaborate conversation style? When you have an elaborate conversation with your child, you: Children are much more likely to Read More
Empathy
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird. Empathy: can be defined as the identification of, and understanding of, someone else’s situation and feelings. Empathy is being able to look at Read More
Finger Breaths
It can be difficult to teach young children how to calm themselves down in tough situations. One thing that research has shown is that slow, deep breaths help! There are numerous ways to help teach your child to take slow, deep breaths. Read More
Teaching Your Child About Emotions
Learning how to handle your child’s emotions can be tough as a parent. Parents often realize that they weren’t taught at a young age to identify and cope with strong emotions. It can be difficult to see your child having big feelings and not knowing how to handle them. Reading together can help parents talk Read More