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Children off all ages can face challenges in managing their emotions as they grow and develop. Without limiting your child鈥檚 range of emotions and feelings, here are a few ways to help your child learn to manage his or her emotions.
- Model healthy emotional reactions as parents. Resist the desire to throw any of your own 鈥渢antrums鈥� by containing extreme emotions such as yelling at your child. Speaking respectfully will urge your child to speak the same way.
- Prioritize nurturing and connection with your children.
- Accept your child鈥檚 feelings, even when it may be 鈥渋nconvenient.鈥�
- Guide behavior, but consider resisting punishment. Sometimes punishment can lead to more misbehavior without regulating the emotions in the way that children need.
- Help your child to feel safe in feeling his or her emotions. Stay compassionate and allow him or her to express those feelings.
- Continue to act as the grown-up. Provide guidance, nurturing, and support. Creating a supportive space for your child to be vulnerable and express himself allows him to relax and express what he needs.
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