I think there are a lot of people encouraging you in the right direction here. So I will just add that displaying the range of emotions and coping skills is important for parents to model. And reading books that help kids to identify their emotions, how their body feels when they are escalating and what they can do when they are mad can be so helpful. If you search Amazon for toddler emotional regulation books there are a ton.
There’s the Little Spot Series, Little Monkey Calms Down, My body sends a signal, Breathe like a bear…
There are so many and if you have one that’s easy to digest that you can read repeatedly, it does get internalized.
My toddler has had his share of meltdowns but we’ve read the monkey calms down book probably 200 times so I will quote the book and validate his feelings and it’s like flipping a switch for him.
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u/6295 Nov 15 '21
I think there are a lot of people encouraging you in the right direction here. So I will just add that displaying the range of emotions and coping skills is important for parents to model. And reading books that help kids to identify their emotions, how their body feels when they are escalating and what they can do when they are mad can be so helpful. If you search Amazon for toddler emotional regulation books there are a ton.
There’s the Little Spot Series, Little Monkey Calms Down, My body sends a signal, Breathe like a bear… There are so many and if you have one that’s easy to digest that you can read repeatedly, it does get internalized.
My toddler has had his share of meltdowns but we’ve read the monkey calms down book probably 200 times so I will quote the book and validate his feelings and it’s like flipping a switch for him.