Helping Children Understand and Express Emotions

When we see children experience intense feelings of love, hate, fear, etc., which appear to be minor issues, the strong desire to comfort them takes over ever, and we all end up saying something like — “It is not a big thing to worry about,” which may cause them to be more upset. While some children take it in their stride, others could find it very, very hard to deal with.

We have set up that feelings are dynamic, and we want a touch of data about the individual to see how they may feel or respond in a circumstance. The smartest choice is to investigate their feelings and responses with them. The equivalent is valid for youngsters.

How To Teach Children About Emotions?

• Make different inclination faces and have kids think about the thing you may be feeling.
• During supper time, enlighten kids concerning what is happening that causes you to feel a specific inclination (e.g., blissful, dismal, baffled, furious ). Then, at that point, request that kids share the things that cause them to feel that equivalent inclination.
• Over the course of the day, assist youngsters with figuring out how to name their own feelings.
• Play an inclination speculating game. Take a piece of paper or little cover and hold it before your face. Gradually further it down to uncover your face showing an inclination. Kids surmise the feeling you are feeling, and afterward, show everybody their face with that equivalent inclination. Then, at that point, talk concerning what may cause you to feel as such.
• While perusing stories to kids, have kids think about how the characters in the story are feeling. How could kids tell that the characters are feeling as such? Would the youngsters be able to scowl that shows that inclination?

Emotion development in early childhood

• The time between a kid’s second and 6th birthday celebration is brimming with new friendly encounters. Toward the start of this stage, a kid childishly participates on the planet; the objective is to satisfy oneself. As the kid ages, they understand that connections are based on compromise. They begin to figure out how to sympathize with others. They figure out how to make companions. Figuring out how to explore the social circle is difficult, yet youngsters do it promptly.
• The youngster is acquiring a knowledge of emotion while learning about their place in various interactions. A two-year-old does not have a clear understanding of their emotions, but by the age of six, a youngster has a greater understanding of them.
• They recognize that other people have feelings and that all of the feelings expressed in a circumstance should be considered.
• Developing a Concept of Self includes self-concepts like I, Me, Myself, and Exaggerated Sense of Self and self-control.

Different emotions

• ANGER

1. Anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, unhappiness/irritation, or hatred. For children, who can very easily cause/start (anger) when a playmate grabs their toy, anger comes out because their fight or flight response is triggered.
2. When your child throws a wild anger outburst, hits, or does something inappropriate, he is reacting to (things that cause reactions or that increase activity) that made him feel some sort of pain or frustration.
3. Anger may seem weird (because of wrong thinking), but for a child that hasn’t yet learned how to control feelings of love, hate, fear, etc., it’s an immediate natural reaction to some sort of wrongdoing your child feels,” says Jaclyn Shlisky, Psy.D, a licensed medicine-based mind doctor in Long Island, New York.
4. Since you know your child’s behavior (the anger or hatred he is showing) comes from somewhere, talk it through with him as it’s happening.

• Sadness

1. The feeling of loss, sadness, or being let down is a major one for your kiddos. Sadness can happen when your child feels scared or when someone says or does something that feels bad.
2. Sadness can be a feeling you get from missing someone (whether through death or distance) or having to go through something painful (like seeing your parents argue).
3. Sadness can also develop through disappointment, like the early closing of schools due to the coronavirus widespread disease or a playdate that can’t happen.

• Fear

Children aren’t naturally afraid, but feelings of fear stem from fear and stress, and worry. “When young kids have fear, it involves some level of perception about danger,” says Gleicher. Some fears are natural–most kids are afraid of strangers, the dark, and separation from their parents. But having (cheerful and without troubles/without much concern) days every day isn’t the normal way of things. 

Your child might have heard something on TV, seen something or someone that made them feel uncomfortable, or a real-life event scared them like a car crash.

• Jealousy

The green-eyed monster of jealousy has a way of getting the best of us, with it showing up in kids as young as 3 months, says Francyne Zeltser, Psy.D., a mind doctor in New York. It’s a feeling of love, hate, guilt, etc., easily felt and often expressed–mom holds a stranger’s baby or a (brother/sister) gets presents for his birthday–but the idea of jealousy is tricky to explain. 

While it’s often described as feelings or thoughts of (state of not being safe/source of mental worry), fear, or concern over a relative lack of (things people own) or safety, it can also be the feeling of shortcoming, helplessness, or anger (over being mistreated). “Feelings of jealousy are often rooted in a person’s needs not being met. It may develop from a lack of trust and often leads to a sense of (state of not being safe/source of mental worry).”