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Imagine finding yourself in a foreign country where you didn’t speak the language. Navigating your way through an unknown city without the ability to express what it is you want or need would be extremely frustrating. A child without the ability to express their feelings is in a similar position. Feelings are always changing. For a developing child this experience can be confusing and overwhelming. When a child (or an adult for that matter) is overcome with emotion, it is often very difficult to find the language to express the experience. By helping a child to identify, understand and express his or her feelings, they will be better equipped to handle the emotional rollercoaster of childhood and beyond.
* Provide An Emotional Mirror. Emotional reflection is essential to help children understand their feelings. Saying, “I know that you are feeling mad right now” or “I can see that you are feeling frustrated” will help a child to feel understood, and will help the child to better identify what they are experiencing.
* Put Words To Feelings. Temper tantrums occur when a child is overwhelmed by many different emotions all at the same time. Contain your child’s feelings by teaching them words they can use to describe their feelings such as, mad, sad, disappointed and scared. You could even create new words together to describe complex feelings, and develop an emotional language that you can both understand.
* Be An Emotional Container. Keep your own feelings in check. Do not meet a child’s emotional reaction with your own bigger emotional reaction–this will only shame and scare the child. So, take a deep breath and keep your cool. Children need to feel that you can tolerate their feelings, no matter how big they may be.
*Have A “Talkaboutit.” Schedule a consistent time on a daily or weekly basis to sit with your child and talk. Maybe even designate a special chair or create a space together-a space set aside exclusively to check in with how your child is feeling. Children need to feel that you are reliable and open to listening to their feelings.
*Normalize Feelings. Telling a child that what they are feeling is a normal and understandable reaction will help to decrease any feelings of shame. Let your child know that feelings are always changing, and that they won’t feel sad and angry forever. Everyone feels sad or angry sometimes…even adults!
*Encourage Creative Expression. Work creatively with your child to find ways of expressing feeling. Sit with your child as they draw a picture of how they are feeling, or use toys or puppets to help open an emotional dialogue. Ask questions and express interest in their creations.
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Matt Casper, M.A. MFT; Matt is a licensed Psychotherapist with a private practice in Los Angeles, California. He graduated cum laude from Duke University where he studied personality psychology, comparative religion and film. He received his master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from the California Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology and Psychoanalysis and has worked with a diverse population including individual adults, teens and children as well as with groups and couples. Matt has been involved with the Maple Counseling Center, a non-profit counseling clinic, as well as with the Julia-Ann Singer Therapeutic School where he worked with children who fall somewhere on the Autism spectrum, and has served as a supervisor for teenagers at TEEN LINE, a hotline and website that provides teen-to-teen outreach for teenagers facing emotional challenges. Matt is also the author of a series of 12 books in the “Emotes!” series which aims to help children identify, express and manage their emotions.
baby bump at less than 1 month?
i missed my period so i took a pregnancy Test and it came out all screwed up so i rang the hotline and they told me i was pregnant so i took another one and it came out negative. if im pregnant i can only be a bit over a month but my belly is bigger than it usually is and it has only happened recently. is it possible to have a baby bump at 1 month.
don’t rely on a home test – go get a blood test. Then talk to the Dr. Why do people speculate. If you are pregnant this is a very important time for the baby…don’t guess
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