Big feelings: Five ways parents can help kids learn to regulate their emotions

medicalxpress - Parenting can be hard and can feel especially overwhelming when children have strong emotions, such as anger, frustration or excitement, that they are not always able to regulate on their own.

AI Summary: A practical parenting guide lays out five concrete tactics to help children recognize, name and manage intense emotions: validate feelings, model calm, teach coping tools, set consistent boundaries, and practice emotion coaching. The advice is straightforward, useful, and aimed at adults who’d rather outsource tantrum management but, alas, cannot.

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