parenting • ages and stages
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on January 26th, 2019 | No Comments »
The key to teaching children to recognize emotions is by getting hands on and involving them in the teaching and learning process (like in this post on learning to identify emotions with cupcakes). Using art is another great way to do just that!
Why Is Teaching Children to Recognize…
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lifestyle • health-wellness
by Michelle Leath on July 13th, 2018 | 1 Comment »
We all eat emotionally sometimes. After all, there is a powerful connection between food and love that begins at the breast—it’s literally hardwired into us. Not to mention the conditioning we all received when given a food treat to make things “all better” when we were little. Naturally, we are…
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parenting • ages and stages
by Cambria VandeMerwe on February 15th, 2018 | 1 Comment »
Feelings are meant to be shared and emotions are meant to be recognized. Children are in the process of learning how to express those feelings and each child does so differently. The important thing is that they do and that they are heard.
At a recent Mom It Forward Twitter …
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parenting • ages and stages
by Melissa Northway on January 13th, 2016 | No Comments »
The ability to label and understand our emotions and appropriately express our feelings is an important skill that needs to be learned in childhood. Children are not born with this ability and must be taught how to identify and express their emotions. Emotional literacy is the ability to recognize, understand…
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relationships • lifestyle
by Kimberly Job on December 4th, 2013 | 14 Comments »
Making mistakes as a parent is inevitable. It's important to be willing to admit when you're wrong and apologize to your children in those cases. Doing this teaches them a variety of things, but possibly the most important is that it's okay to make mistakes and also how to handle…
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Emotional Eating: How to Shift From “Out-of-Control” to an Empowered Eater
