Make Your Feelings Obvious for Children to See

04/23/2018

Make Your Feelings Obvious for Children to See

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln

In their popular book, Social Emotional Tools for Life, authors Michelle M. Forrester, Ph.D., and Kay M. Albrecht, Ph.D., describe how adults can help children learn to identify a range of emotions:

"It can be hard for children (and adults) to tell the difference between emotions. For a toddler there is a very fine line between frustration and rage. Noticing the difference between anger and irritation, for example, requires attention to very subtle cues, such as changes in the way a mouth looks or what the eyes are doing. Children sometimes miss these important details. You can help them learn to read these cues by exaggerating facial expressions and combining them with other physical cues, such as putting your hands on your hips or making big gestures with your hands."

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