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Posted on October 6, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Swirling Vortex of Our Child’s Inner World
How adept are you at voicing what’s going on inside of you? It’s even tougher for tweens and teens!
Posted on January 21, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Home Base – Creating a Safe Haven for Calming Down
“I call base!” my son would say at any place and any time in the days when he was first introduced to the game of tag. If he wanted to end the tickling or stop the chasing, he would claim a piece of furniture, staircase banister or corner of the room as his safe haven. …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Anger, Emotional safety, Emotions, Flight response, frustration, home base, kids and upset, safe base, Security, Self control, Self-regulation, siblings, Teaching kids self-control
Posted on July 6, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Using “Inside Out” to Discuss Emotions with Kids; A New Article by Jennifer Miller on NBC’s Parent Toolkit
Hope you’ll check out “More Than A Movie: The Parenting Opportunity of ‘Inside Out’” by CPCK’s author, Jennifer Miller on NBC’s Parent Toolkit. The movie creates a significant opportunity to discuss the role of emotions in our lives if parents seize it! There are reflection questions and a discussion of each age/stage that might view …
Posted on April 16, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Sharing Picture Books to Make Meaning
The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms. – Muriel Rukeyser Rabbits and owls happen to be two of E’s favorite animals so when we read a story about a friendship between them, we were both eager for the tale. The good friends built their homes next door to one another but Owl couldn’t …
Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Books with social and emotional themes, Children, Children's Literature and social and emotional learning, Discussion, Emotions, Friends, Making meaning, Mama Raccoon, Owl, Picture books, Rabbit, Reading with children, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-identity, Self-management, Social awareness, Story books
Posted on January 20, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Elements of a Confident Kid…Managing Emotions
About Managing Emotions: What happens when one family member loses his or her temper or anxiety overwhelms him? How does he or she deal with it? How does it impact those around them? Fear, anxiety and anger consume us at varying intervals. For some, it may be daily. Others may go months without the feeling that …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Coach, Communication, Create a Safe Environment, Dealing with Anger, Dealing with Anxiety, Emotions, Expressing Emotion, Feelings vocabulary, Losing temper, Managing emotions, Model, Practice, Self-regulatin
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