Tiny Humans, Big Emotions : Alyssa Blask Campbell

How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children Alyssa Blask Campbell, Lauren Elizabeth Stauble Paperback | 304 pages Family & Relationships / Parenting From two early childhood experts, an 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. The Future is Emotionally Intelligent Childhood is filled with wonder—and also lots of tears. Scraped knees. Bruised egos. Tantrums. As children, we may have been taught to minimize or bury our emotions: Don’t cry. It’s not a big deal. Calm down. Though well-intentioned, this parenting approach didn’t give us any actual understanding of why we feel what we feel and how to handle big emotions. As parents ourselves, we can forget that three-year-olds can zip their jackets, and yet we still expect them to manage strong emotions by themselv