Help your upset child with physical activity.
from How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Physical activity gives your child an outlet for their anger/frustration. By allowing them to express their emotions in a healthy way, you are also giving them a way to calm themselves down.
How to Apply This
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*Encourage your child to draw how they feel.*
When your kid is throwing a temper tantrum, give them a piece of paper and a pencil and tell them to draw exactly what they feel. -
*Let them scribble it out.*
They may draw nothing but angry scribbles, or they may go through four or five sheets of paper, but that’s okay. -
*Help them draw how they feel by drawing their feelings yourself.*
This works best as a pre-emptive strike—if you see your child begin to get angry and frustrated, grab a piece of paper and a crayon and start to draw angry zig-zag lines. Ask them if that is how they feel, and prompt them to draw more and show you how they feel. -
*Acknowledge their angry feelings.*
Tell your child that you can see they are angry. Validate their feelings.
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