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Helping Children Deal with Emotions



If you are a parent or adult involved in the lives of children, you will undoubtedly encounter moments in which the children or adolescents in your life are overwhelmed by their emotions. As adults, we have a responsibility to help them identify and express their feelings in healthy, productive ways and to learn to regulate their emotions overall. There is an ever-increasing number of theories, strategies, and resources for helping the children in our lives gain skills to become healthy, empathetic, and resilient adults.

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Dr. John Gottman & Dr. Julie Gottman Discuss Tools for Parenting with Emotion Coaching

Drs. John & Julie Gottman discuss the importance of "Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child". They talk about what the research shows and the tools that parents can use to help their child (ren) develop emotional intelligence or EQ.

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Feeling Better: CBT Workbook for Teens: Essential Skills and Activities to Help You Manage Moods, Boost Self-Esteem, and Conquer Anxiety

Getting good grades, making and breaking up with friends, and figuring out what being an adult looks like―these are just some of the challenges that can weigh down on teens.

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Teaching Your Child Emotional Agility

It’s hard to see a child unhappy. Whether a child is crying over the death of a pet or the popping of a balloon, our instinct is to make it better, fast. That’s where too many parents get it wrong, says the psychologist Susan David, author of the book “Emotional Agility.

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Managing Big Emotions

When children don’t have the ability to express themselves with words, they show us with their behavior. Kids need help learning how to deal with emotions in healthy ways.

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Guided Imagery Work with Kids: Essential Practices to Help Them Manage Stress, Reduce Anxiety & Build Self-Esteem (1st Edition)

Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that uses sensory visualizations to engage the mind and imagination for healing.

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Teaching Children to Calm Themselves

When Luke gets angry, he tries to remember to look at his bracelet. It reminds him of what he can do to calm himself: stop, take a deep breath, count to four, give yourself a hug and, if necessary, ask an adult for help.

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How to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children | Lael Stone | TEDxDocklands

This talk explores all these questions along with how the lack of emotional literacy in our culture has significant power when it comes to the way we parent. It explores how compassion, empathy and mindfulness have a place in raising children – as well as in our education system.

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Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and Our Kids—from Toddlers to Teenagers

How do we raise a happy, confident kid? And how can we be confident that our parenting is preparing our child for success? Our confidence develops from understanding and having a mastery over our emotions (aka emotional intelligence)—and helping our children do the same.

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11 Poses to Help Kids Feel Brave

This sequence, created by Yoga Foster founder Nicole Cardoza, encourages kids to be brave, own their bodies, and speak up for what they need.

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Back to Normal: Why Ordinary Childhood Behavior Is Mistaken for ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

In recent years there has been an alarming rise in the number of American children and youth assigned a mental health diagnosis.

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