The fact that fathers» use of emotion talk was not related to mothers» psychopathology symptoms might be due to our focus on the way parents talk about
emotions with their children rather than the way parents express their emotions and their reactions to child emotions.
Not exact matches
Rather than convince your
child not to feel certain things, teach her how to deal
with uncomfortable
emotions.
It reinforces and prolongs the behavior
rather than helping the
child gain the vocabulary he or she needs to better deal
with emotions.
Help your
child recognize that she can cope
with her
emotions,
rather than escape them.
If you think the behavior is intended to push your buttons, you're more likely respond
with negative
emotion,
rather than responding in a calm way and thinking about how to discourage the behavior in the future or support your
child through difficult tasks.
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With this simple strategy,» Hinton says, the preschool «is teaching these young children that emotions should not be suppressed, but rather experienced and dealt with in constructive ways.&ra
With this simple strategy,» Hinton says, the preschool «is teaching these young
children that
emotions should not be suppressed, but
rather experienced and dealt
with in constructive ways.&ra
with in constructive ways.»
Maternal minimizing / punitive responses were associated
with maternal perceptions of
children's low attentional control and high negative affect, as well as
children's tendencies to escape
rather than vent
emotion when angered.
Rather than seeing negative expressions of
emotion as a problem that needs to be «dealt
with» or «fixed,» or even as the result of some kind of parental incompetence, the realization that such moments can be used to teach your
child may come as a huge relief.
In the classroom,
rather than moving towards the big
emotion as a therapist would, a teacher who understands that a
child is dysregulated, can interact
with the
child in such a way that the
child is not escalated.
Rather than taking a «shaming» or «guilt - based» approach, this curriculum focuses on future behavior for successful, long - term co-parenting — thereby empowering parents to manage their own
emotions, maintain their composure when communicating
with the other parent, and take responsibility for the behaviors they exhibit in front of their
children.
Helps
children realize that thoughts, feelings (
emotions), and body sensations are «just» thoughts, feelings, and body sensations,
rather than «truth» or «me» by having the therapist repeatedly notice and offer nonjudgmental observations,
with interest and compassion