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Overview
Overview
Part of understanding one’s own emotions (covered under the milestone “Identifying Emotions of Self and Others”) is identifying and recognizing emotions in others! As children begin to grow and recognize their own emotions, they may start to recognize the emotions of their friends and question the best way to react.
Try it at Home
Try it at Home
Here are some ways you can guide your child to better understand how to react to others’ emotional cues:
Role play with toys or stuffed animals! Try acting out some scenarios that will allow your child to engage compassionately with sad/negative emotions.
Discuss the different types of feelings and provide examples of how people express their feelings in their own unique ways.
For example: For some, sadness might look like someone who is crying and whose posture is stooped. While for others, sadness might not be expressed physically, but rather through action (i.e. not speaking as much, spending more time alone).
Ask your child “How would you like your friends to treat you when you are sad? What about when you are happy?”
Introduce the idea of empathy to your child! Empathy is the ability to understand how others are feeling and how a situation might make another person feel.
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