07/12/2021
You want to know a secret to help our kids to be in control of their emotions? We need to lead by example and be in control of ours! Easier said than done, right? If your little one is having overwhelming emotions aka tantrums and we feel we are about to lose our minds from all the screaming and whining? We are in no position to help them find their calm, if we can’t find our own. You know when you’re upset and someone comes and yells at you? Does that help? No! Take a time out, go to another room for a couple of minutes, take a deep breath, and return to facilitate co-regulation. Normalize and validade their feelings “I see that you’re really upset because we can’t go to the park now, it’s hard when we want to do something and we can’t right? I get it. We can go to the park tomorrow. Now, do you want to play legos or color?”.
