Emotions are always a big struggle for children (and for adults too by the way). That’s why I wanted to create a simple tool to help them navigate and understand the “main” emotions. My first observation is that it can be so frustrating for a child to feel all these big emotions without being able to understand or put words on them. So they explode in their way, it can be shouting, crying, hurting, kicking everything… And as adults, as we don’t react like that anymore (just sometimes) we are always surprised by the intensity of this volcano of emotions. We have a giant fire in front of us, so our first reaction is simple: we want to throw water on top of it and stop it. So we ask a lot of questions to understand, and we even say “Stop!” or other reactions that feel natural for us. But you know what, I think you already know that it’s not helping. It even does the opposite. So what should we do? My answer is super hyper-simple: Nothing! Yes, nothing. For at least 15 to 30 seconds, do nothing. Just be there, with your child if you are allowed to. And breathe. Stay calm, it will not last. I said if you are allowed because some kids need their own space such as my youngest who prefers going into her bedroom to calm down when she’s upset) After that, your child is still in this big emotional tornado but it’s slowly cooling down, and now she/he can hear you. That was not the case before. Now, you can help him/her to understand the emotion by By doing these simple things, you are helping your children to understand what they feel and to know that it’s normal. So the next time,…