Big Emotions
Sometimes the way we feel can overwhelm us. When we can’t explain how we feel, or shake the feeling, we can call these our “Big Emotions”.
Big Emotions can include worry, anxiety, fear, frustrations, anger, and excitement.
Big Emotions are not bad emotions, but sometimes they may take a little bit more work to understand and manage. It’s important to remind your child that it is okay to feel how they feel, but that we don’t want our big emotions to be the only way we feel all the time.
Resources to help:
How to help kids manage worries
Ideas and strategies to help you to help your child to manage their worries
Raising emotionally intelligent kids and teens: ‘Anger and how to be the boss of your brain’
How to explain anger to children
How to Teach Growth Mindset to Kids
A 4 week step by step guide to introduce your child to Growth Mindset
Worries and Anxieties – helping children to cope
A site with downloadable tip sheets for parents
Things to do:
Seven Surprising Facts About Emotions That Every Child Needs to Know
Ideas to help your child crack the code that is human emotion
