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Anger, sadness, and worry are normal. Validate what your child feels, but set limits on what they do with it. Teach them coping strategies instead of saying "don't be sad."
Anger, sadness, and worry are normal. Validate what your child feels, but set limits on what they do with it. Teach them coping strategies instead of saying "don't be sad."
Allow your students and your kids to have their feelings. It's okay to be upset, angry, frustrated, worried. Those are all valid feelings. What we can help support our kids on is what they do with those feelings. It's okay to be angry, it's not okay to throw a chair. It's okay to be sad, but you can't slam your door and hide in your room for 5 hours when you have to go to school. Those feelings are okay. So avoid saying like, "Don't be sad, don't be angry," because that is really not validating how they're feeling in that moment. And those feelings are normal and natural, and we have to learn how to cope with those big feelings. So teach those strategies to help coping instead of dismissing the feelings.
