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Welcome to Common SenseParenting with Pam, the podcast
where we simplify parenting withcommon sense tips, real life
scenarios and a little bit ofhumor along the way.
I'm Pam and I'm here to helpyou build the skills and
confidence you need to raisehappy, resilient and responsible
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children.
So grab your coffee, take adeep breath and let's tackle
parenting, one common sense tipat a time.
Everyone, welcome back toCommon Sense Parenting with Pam.
I'm Pam, your host, and todaywe are wrapping up our 10
foundational skills sessionswith an incredibly important
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topic teaching your childrenemotional regulation.
Now, that is, the ability tomanage and respond to their
emotions in a healthy andconstructive way.
It's a foundational skill thataffects every aspect of your
child's development, from theirrelationships with peers and
family to their academic successand future resilience and you
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know we've talked aboutresilience already.
If you've missed that, go backand listen to that episode.
In today's episode, we're goingto discuss why emotional
regulation matters, how to teachit effectively and give you
some real life scenarios to helpyou apply these strategies.
So, whether you have a tantrumprone toddler or a preteen
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navigating mood swings and whohasn't all experienced that at
one time or another or you willthis episode is packed with
practical tips for you.
Now let me just say before webegin this, I'm all about common
sense, right?
So the way I raised my kids waswith common sense.
They learned emotionalregulation, but I also didn't
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talk at them all the time.
So some of this I'm going togive you, probably how you would
want to do it now, but I'mgoing to tell you how I did it
in some of these.
Okay, so you're going to getkind of like both aspects here,
because I know things havechanged in parenting.
I don't agree with all of it,so I'm going to give you what
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works maybe for some of you andwhat I would do just to be real
and upfront with you on this one.
Okay, so why is it important?
Well, we've already talkedabout how it's going to impact
them for life correct and alltheir relationships and their
work and their school and theirmarriage with their own children
.
So children who learn toregulate their emotions, they
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develop better relationships.
When they feel like they canexpress their feelings
appropriately, they're morelikely to build strong
friendships and maintainpositive family dynamics.
Yay, obviously, everyone wantsthat in their family Also.
They perform betteracademically.
Obviously, everyone wants thatin their family Also.
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They perform betteracademically.
Emotional regulation improvestheir focus, their impulse
control and their ability tohandle challenges all essential
for success in school andeverywhere else in life.
It builds resilience.
You know life is full of upsand downs.
Children who can manage theiremotions are better equipped to
bounce back from setbacks andthey grow up to be adults who
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can manage their emotions and bebetter equipped to bounce back
from setbacks, and theyexperience improved mental
health.
Emotionally regulated childrenare less likely to experience
anxiety, depression orbehavioral problems as they grow
.
So think about this for aminute.
Would you rather have yourchild yell and storm off every
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time they're upset, or pause,take a deep breath and express
their feelings calmly?
Teaching emotional regulation isan investment in your child's
long-term well-being and, quitefrankly, it's part of your job
as a parent.
Now here's how you can teach it.
It doesn't happen overnight.
It's a gradual process thatrequires patience and
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consistency, as is much ofparenting.
But here are some practicalsteps you can use.
Number one you need to modelemotional regulation.
Here we go again.
Children learn by watching you.
If you remain calm duringstressful situations, they'll
learn to do the same.
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You know, we all have timeswhen we have our children in the
car, we're stuck in traffic,something happens and perhaps
our first response is not themost effective, correct.
We might raise our voice, wemight say some things, we make
it frustrated.
So instead of doing that, justsay you know, I'm a little
frustrated because we're runninglate and this traffic's, you
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know, make things so much slowerfor me, but let's listen to
some music to pass the time.
So they see you're frustrated,but then they see how you handle
it.
Labeling emotions, teaching yourchild to identify their
emotions by naming them, reallyhelps them.
You can say to them.
You know you look upset, areyou feeling frustrated, are you
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sad?
Do you want to keep playing?
What's going on?
This helps children understandtheir feelings and express them
verbally.
You know children don't alwaysknow the word to put to the
emotion and that's part of whatyou need to teach them.
So you can teach them thingslike deep breathing, counting to
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10, using a calm corner Foryounger children, you can try
the bubble breathing.
It's where they blow imaginarybubbles slowly to mimic deep
breaths.
It helps regulate their nervoussystem.
You can create a feelings chartor you have feeling cards that
have the faces and express whatthe emotion is and you go over
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those with your children.
So it helps them identify.
They can either point to thepicture on the chart or they can
pull out the card and you cantalk about why they feel the way
they feel.
And then role-playing with yourchildren really helps too.
If you can practice handlingthose emotions through
role-playing, it guides them inresponding appropriately.
So you can talk about, act outa scenario, act out how they
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might feel be angry, sad,frustrated and then guide them
in ways they couldn't respondappropriately, and then always
reinforce your positive behavior.
I just did my Facebook Livetoday on this the power of
positive reinforcement.
It's a wonderful tool to havein your parenting toolkit Praise
your children when they handletheir emotions well.
You can say something like youshould be so proud of how you
took deep breaths and told meyou were upset, instead of
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yelling and then set boundaries.
I'm all about boundaries here.
So, while it's important tovalidate their emotions, set
limits on inappropriate behavior.
You could say something likeyou know it's okay to feel angry
, but it is not okay to hit.
Now I would probably word itlike it's okay to feel angry,
but you need to keep your handsto yourself, because I'm trying
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to word that positively, okay.
So here are some commonscenarios, and here's where
we're going to differ a littlebit.
Some of this is responses I'vegot from my followers about how
they would handle some of thesesituations.
So I'm going to give you whatthey would say and then I'm
going to tell you what I woulddo.
Okay, so you're at the store,your 3-year-old starts screaming
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because they want candy andthey start throwing a little
tantrum.
What some of my followers saythey would do and some of you
may do this, is you say to yourchild I see you're upset because
you want candy and then youoffer them a choice.
You say we're not buying candy,but you can choose an apple or
a banana.
Now I do agree that you need tostay calm and consistent, but I
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would not feed a tantrum.
So if a child is screaming andthrowing a fit, throwing a
tantrum because they wantsomething, I would not respond
to that at all.
I wouldn't look at them, Iwouldn't touch them, I'd turn my
back to them, but I'd still beable to see them and reach them
and I wouldn't ignore it.
Now, if they're screaming soloud they're disrupting
everybody.
I would pick them up and takethem out of the store, put them
in the car and take them home.
I'd give them the chance toquiet down when we went outside,
sit on a bench or put them inthe car, but if they didn't,
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they would go home.
They would quickly learn theyneed to regulate their emotions,
that that is not going to workand get them anything.
That's just my two cents worth.
Okay, you have siblings fighting, say they're like five and
seven.
They're arguing over toy.
You could separate them briefly, tell them you need to go cool
down.
Then you can guide them throughconflict resolution.
So you can sit down and talk tothem like let's take turns,
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tell me how you feel, then youcome up with a solution together
.
That is teaching problemsolving.
That is teaching conflictresolution.
There's a whole podcast episodeon that as well and on problem
solving.
So teach them to use Istatements like I feel upset
when you took my toy.
Because they're putting namesto the emotion instead of just
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going you're such a poopy head,you took my toy, I hate you,
which is what a lot of kidsresort to.
When they can't name emotions,they resort to name calling.
Say you have preteen.
Say 11, he slams the door aftera disagreement.
Okay, here we go on this one.
Give them space to calm downand calmly later say I noticed
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you were upset earlier.
Do you want to talk about it?
You can discuss healthy waysthat they can express that
frustration, like journaling ortalking it out.
Now here's what I would do Ifmy child slammed the door.
I'd give them one chance, wewould talk.
We'd say here's you know, sorry, you're upset, let's talk about
it.
What's going on?
And I would say to them at thatmoment if you ever slam your
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door again, it will be taken offthe hinges.
You will lose it for a week andthen I would take it off the
hinges if they ever slam thedoor again, because they need to
understand you have boundaries.
Slamming a door in your face orslamming a door is totally
disrespectful and should not betolerated.
Yes, give them one chance.
They might be upset aboutsomething, talk them through it,
let them know the consequencesand then follow through with it
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every single time.
You have a child who's notreally following instructions.
Well, so say, youreight-year-old gets frustrated
when they're asked to clean uptheir room and they refuse to do
it.
Hmm, they're eight and they'rerefusing to clean their room.
Here we go.
Okay, you could break it intosmaller tasks.
You can say put your toys awayin the bin, you know.
Then put your clothes away inthe closet.
Offer them encouragement andpraise their effort.
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You know you're doing a greatjob organizing your toys.
But by eight years old, whenyou say, go clean your room,
they need to go clean their roomand maybe you do need to break
it down in steps for them.
But I would say go clean yourroom.
And let me just tell you when Igrew up now I grew up in a
whole different generation thanmost of you.
Listening when my parents saidgo clean your room, I went and
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cleaned my room.
We didn't discuss it, we didn'tanalyze it, we didn't make
charts.
I went and cleaned my roombecause I was told to go clean
my room and I respected myparents and I did what I was
told.
I think sometimes nowadays and alot of you are going to
disagree with me on this peopletalk at their children too much.
They discuss everything, theybreak it down, they analyze it,
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give them direction.
Children want guidance, theywant direction, they want
someone to be in charge.
So you say you need to go cleanyour room and if you choose not
to clean your room, then thiswill be the consequence, because
that's what happens in reallife.
When your boss tells you to godo something, you don't go.
Could you break it down intosteps for me?
Could I do it in little bitsand pieces?
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They go, get this done and yousay okay, and you get it done.
Do you always like it?
No, do you need to do it?
Sure, if you want to keep yourjob.
So the same thing at home Goclean your room.
If you choose not to clean yourroom, oh well, you have a
consequence.
It might be you lose yourdevice.
It might be you're grounded fora week.
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Whatever it is you decide to do, enforce it.
Tell them, go clean your roomperiod.
It's part of a householdresponsibility.
So teaching emotionalregulation is one of the
greatest gifts you can give yourchild.
It's not about eliminatingtheir emotions, but navigating
them in a healthy way.
Be patient though.
This is a journey, it's not asprint.
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Thank you for tuning in totoday's episode of Common Sense
Parenting with Pam.
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And until then, remember, hugand love your babies.