Tiny humans, big emotions : how to navigate tantrums, meltdowns, and defiance to raise emotionally intelligent children

Campbell, Alyssa Blask (author.). Stauble, Lauren, (author.).

Summary: We're in the midst of a parenting revolution that is radically changing the way we raise our kids. Gone are the days of minimizing emotions. As our understanding of developing brains has increased, today's parents are looking for new ways to help their children understand their feelings and learn to process them. From two early childhood experts comes this essential guidebook that empowers parents to help their little ones navigate their big feelings-including tantrums, outbursts, and separation anxiety-while laying the groundwork for a lifetime of emotional intelligence.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063306264 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part I. What are emotions and why do they matter? -- What is emotional intelligence? -- Your role in your child's emotions -- What's happening in the brain and the body when you have big emotions? -- The collaborative emotion processing method -- Part II. Collaborative emotion processing with tiny humans -- What to do in the moment -- How to set and hold boundaries -- When and how to talk about the behavior -- Consequences, punishments, and rewards -- Ending meltdowns before they start -- When there's more than one child -- Part III. CEPing it up a level -- Developing empathy -- Changes and transitions -- The future is emotionally intelligent.