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d riving home, you ask your
kids
what happened at school today. your son mumbles, ?nothing,? in his casual, i-dare-you-to-ask-for-more information kind of way. before you can follow up, your daughter chimes in, ?i hate maddie. she told
sarah
she thinks my hair is ugly, and now
sarah
won?t let me sit with them at lunch. ?ey?re not my friends anymore. i hate them both.? by heidi smith luedtke, phd catching
kids
? feelings whew! when you asked your daughter about her day, you were hoping to hear she had aced her spelling test. instead, you?re sitting in the driver?s seat wondering how to navigate a tricky emotional situation.
kids
may be overwhelmed if they don?t know how to handle their feelings, so they pass them on to adults, says lawrence cohen, phd, psychologist and author of playful parenting . ?is eases their distress and frees
kids
to explore what?s happening without getting stuck on issues they can?t solve. parents don?t have it so easy. we may feel our
kids
? pain as if it were our
own
, especially if their experiences cause us to revisit our
own
childhood turmoil, says cohen. as parents grapple with their
own
feelings, they may unintentionally make things worse for
kids
by asking probing questions like, ?why didn?t
sarah
stick up for you?? or ?did something else happen between you three?? michael ?ompson, phd, clinical psychologist and co-author of best friends, worst enemies calls this best friend breakups & makeups the ups and d
own
s of friendship 2015-16 cover
kids
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