09/24/2024
It’s our job to help our children express their emotions! Though I am not a psychologist and cannot attempt to diagnose the route or nature of the various feelings we observe our children emote across age groups, one thing I can try to promote is how one communicates their feelings! Today, there are sooo many amazing ways to target this skill set, which means that we can help children communicate their emotions based upon their individual needs.
Before we can expect our kiddos to effectively express feeling afraid, we need to give them the tools to identify this emotion, process it, and provide the language associated with it ✅
The lastest example in our home has been Juliette’s transition to a toddler bed. We encountered an interesting experience with communicating “fear,” despite her overall strengths with regard to expressive language and intuition. After being up into the wee hours of the night with what appeared on the outside as Juju being “silly” or “overly excited,” she finally slowed down and asked us if there would be any “bad guys.” It turns out that she herself may not have realized her own emotions, and therefore how could she have possibly expressed them to us, regardless much language she has!
💜 When children don’t know how to communicate what they are feeling, it may present in unexpected ways behaviorally
💜 Sometimes we, as adults, also take a while to identify our own emotions at times, which can also manifest unexpectedly.
💜 Inform your child that they can feel more than one thing at once! They can feel scared and brave at the same time!
💜 See post for ways to promote communicating fear-based emotions with your child 🤗
How has fear manifested for you or your child?!
