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Identifying emotions is an important aspect of a child’s development of emotional awareness.\u00a0\u00a0We can help our children shape their emotional intelligence through support and nurturing of their expression of feelings.<\/p>\n

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In my work with children, I like to use images of characters displaying various emotions.\u00a0 My goal is to help the children identify with the feelings the characters are displaying, and then discuss what invokes them to feel similar emotions.\u00a0 In doing so, this helps children begin to associate emotions with various situations they may be faced with.\u00a0\u00a0It will equip them with the necessary vocabulary to describe their feelings, when placed in similar circumstances.\u00a0\u00a0This reduces frustration, which in turn can help reduce the number of times tantrums and outbursts occur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parents can, of course, help their children identify their emotions at home.\u00a0\u00a0Ask your child how he feels throughout the course of the day, and encourage him to describe his feelings.\u00a0 It is important not only to focus on negative feelings, but also emotions that make them happy!\u00a0\u00a0You can ask your child to express the way she is feeling by writing or drawing a picture.\u00a0\u00a0By engaging her and conducting feeling \u201ccheck-ins,\u201d she’ll soon be able to name their own emotions.\u00a0 Parents may also help their children further practice identifying emotions by pointing out moods of TV characters, story book characters or even the mood\/atmosphere of certain public scenarios.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Building emotional intelligence in a child cultivates a supportive, nurturing foundation for open communication within the family unit.\u00a0\u00a0It is healthy practice and helpful to come together as a family, to process an argument and allow each family member to identify how they felt during and after the disagreement.\u00a0\u00a0This allows each family member to take ownership of their part, thus fostering an environment where individual feelings are validated and heard.\u00a0\u00a0It’s also helpful to set ground rules when having these family meetings, such as:\u00a0\u00a0one speaker at a time, no \u201cblaming games,\u201d and allowing each person the courtesy to speak freely.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This reinforces positive communication skills in children.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ability to name an emotion is a powerful tool for a child; building emotion intelligence in children is empowering.\u00a0\u00a0It gives children the necessary skill sets to become strong and confident young adults as they encounter the challenges of everyday life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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