Family Tips

Say briefly on the feelings that your child is presumably experienced. For example, you may notice, “That must have been sad”, or “That must have seemed unjust to you.” Doing this shows that you understand what your child felt and that you are worried about him. Feeling understood and listened to helps every child and adult as well in any life situation.
Many kids do not have words to express their feelings. If your child seems angry or out of humor, use those words which can help him to learn to identify his emotions. Putting feelings into words helps a child to communicate and develop emotional awareness, as the child recognizes his or her own emotional states. A child who can do so is less likely to go apeshit where strong emotions get demonstrated through careless actions rather than communicated with words.
Suggest activities your child can do to feel better now. Encourage your child to think of some proposals. Your child’s active participation will start confidence. Support the good ideas and add to them as needed, ask whether your child think that this will work. Sometimes talking and listening and feeling understood is all that’s needed to help a child to calm dawn. Try changing the subject and moving on to something more positive and don’t give the problem more attention than it deserves.