Helping kids manage Big Emotions

Natalie Costa from @powerthoughtsnc

Award-Winning Coach📝Author 🎤 Speaker

🌈Helping kids manage Big Emotions

🌈BBC Super Tutor: The Child Whisperer 🤓⬇️

The Super Tutors: 'How can I talk to my kids about their emotions?'

Validate their feelings

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Whether your child is feeling bored, frustrated or anxious, allow them the space to feel their emotions to tell you why they might be feeling this way.

Personify their feelings

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Personifying your child’s emotions into characters can help create space between them and their feelings.

Use self-soothing tools

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When it all gets too much, you can help your child learn practical self-soothing tools to get them back to a space of calm.

Go on a 'Feelings Scavenger Hunt'

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Our feelings are like visitors and we have many visitors in a day. Go on a scavenger hunt and try to see how many visitors you notice in a day.

Create a 'Calm Down Box'

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Spend time talking to your child to find out what helps them feel calm and create a ‘calm-down box’.

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