2023-2024: 10 tips to help kids with big feelings
Tip #1) Help your children build their emotional intelligence
- How to increase your child’s emotional intelligence
- Feelings posters
- Under the anger feelings poster
Tip #2) Teach them that all feelings are ok
- Jesus had feelings too (family devotional)
Tip #3) Big feelings can show us what is in our hearts
Tip #4) Study triggers to big emotions
Tip #5) Problem-solve ahead of time
Tip #6) Narrate your own inner experiences
Tip #7) Identify what calms them
Tip #8) Create opportunities to re-set their nervous system
Tip #9) Pray with and for your children
- Remember what God has done (activity)
- Ask two questions: 1) What are you looking forward to today? 2) What do you think is going to be hard today?
Tip #10) Explore Bible verses about emotions
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