the birthdays, the parties, and the general management of my daughter’s social calendar. The buying of food, the making of food, and the throwing away of rejected food. The deep sense of failure I feel when I hear people talk about how much their toddlers eat, when ...
He knows a thing or two about the transformative power of our deepest emotion. “And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods make heaven drowsy with the harmony.” So writes William Shakespeare in “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” Read Story LOVE Read Story PDF DOC JPG Photo by mana...
(It is worth noting that many psychologists argue that “mad” is a secondary emotion, and that usually someone who appears to be angry is actually either sad or scared underneath that angry surface. Your child may not be able to relate to this idea, but for you as an adult, it’s of...
Some parents just throw language at kids: “Look, over there is a window. Outside, I see blue sky, and trees, and birds. Next to the window, there’s a bookshelf. There are red books and green books…” The more effective parent notices that their child is reaching for a crumb on...
3. Name theemotion, and empathize.When a child is acting badly, show them you understand and respect what they’re feeling. For example, “You want ice cream right now. I need you to have dinner first. That’s making you feel sad. I get sad sometimes too.” Be friendly and matter-...
Those times, those friendships, that heart-full emotion of knowing you are at the beginning of something – all neatly tucked away in my memory. Until, of course, I held the prints in my hands again. I am happy to say I was mindful to store the Cohrssen and Howell prints – and a...
— point out the emotion and eventually exhaustion in the car’s blue eyes. Ages 0 – 3 Tester Note:“I liked that the crinkle texture was different from other texture books we’ve read,” said one teacher. Web Extra! Written and illustrated by Chihiro Takeuchi The eight seek-and-find ...
In one of the studies, 5- to 6-year-old children provided more extreme responses than did older children when rating emotion-based tasks on both three-point and five-point scales [44]. The other study found that the percentage of extreme responses decreased with age: 87.1% at age 5 ...
A whole new chapter of unknowns is about to begin. I’m excited for her and I believe she will flourish. But I’m also nervous as there’s so much I don’t know. Who she’ll be friends with, what she’ll like, what will make her feel happy, sad, and every emotion in between...
Separation Anxiety(babies and toddlers),Separation Anxiety and Preschool,Tantrums,Emotion Coaching. Taming Tantrums. Tantrums handout with additional info on Daniel Siegel’s concept of the downstairs brain and how children regress developmentally when they are upset. This is aimed at toddler parents. ...