Natalie Day and her colleagues have been researching what parents can do to help children learn to self-regulate. What are the dos and don'ts? Throughout our lives, we need to manage our thoughts and behaviour. We need to do this to reach various goals and to...
Elizabeth Westrupp and Christiane Kehoe look at ways parents can help their children to share their feelings. Emotions are core to our human experience, but seeing “negative” emotions in our children – anger, fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, resentment – can make us uncomfortable. Strong emotions in our...
Often it's hard for young children's to express their feelings and they resort to temper tantrums or just keeping silent. These recently published books illustrate ways to use the stories to discuss emotions. It’s OK to cry by Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings (pub Featherstone, imprint...
