Like adults, children also experience complex feelings, such as frustration, excitement, nervousness, sadness, jealously, anger, embarrassment, etc. But kids mostly fail to pick the right vocabulary to express their feelings. Instead they choose facial expressions, body language and behavior In order to communicate. And at times the means they use to convey their message is inappropriate and problematic.
Hence, children need to be taught how to mange their feelings in a positive and constructive way. Because, a child who learns to mange his\/her feelings at an early age, is able to adopt a positive and healthy attitude later in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Identifying cues<\/strong> 2. Name the feeling<\/strong> 3. Offer a nurturing connection<\/strong> 4. Praise Often<\/strong> 5. Be a role model<\/strong> The early years are crucial for overall development and a child goes through a lot of emotional complexities during this journey. Next time, when your child throws a tantrum, try to be a little more patient and compassionate towards them and follow this simple steps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Like adults, children also experience complex feelings, such as frustration, excitement, nervousness, sadness, jealously, anger, embarrassment, etc….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
As children mostly fail to select the right medium to express their feelings, it leads to emotional outburst or problematic behavior, thus making it difficult for the parent to identify the exact feeling. In such case, the best thing to do is to simply tune in to your child\u2019s emotions by looking at their body language and patiently listening to what they are trying to say and carefully observing their behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behind every single behavior of a child, there is a hidden feeling. As a parent, it is our duty to understand the feeing and help them out by naming those feelings appropriately. For instance, \u201cMamma has to go out for work and you are SAD to say bye\u201d. \u201cYou are ANGRY that your sister broke your favorite toy\u201d. Like this, the children learn to identify their emotions and it helps to build their vocabulary regarding their feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When children are soothed by their parents, they tend to feel an instant connection that helps the child to regulate and deal with their emotions. Thus, whenever the child is upset or overwhelmed, the best thing we, as a parent, can do is to reconnect with our child. This also helps the parent to view things from a child\u2019s perspective and understand the reason behind their meltdown thereby allowing to respond accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Praising a child every time he\/she tries to communicate the feelings, gives the message that the right thing has been done and you are proud of your child for taking this step.The more positive reinforcements a child gets, the faster the child learns to be more expressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children learn from their external environment. They tend to observe and learn from the elders around them. Like wise children also learn about feelings and how to express them appropriately by watching others. Show your child how you\u2019re feeling about various situations and how you mange to deal with those feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n