🧶 Managing big emotions (and continuing to work, parent, and live)

COMMUNITY CHAT: How are you doing it?! How do you manage your own emotions, while also supporting the emotional growth of your kiddos?

The other day, my kid was having an epic meltdown. Wouldn't leave the house. Started hitting. I pulled him aside, "Buddy, if we can't do this without screaming and hitting, that means we're not ready to do this yet." He looked at me with huge eyes.

"Mama, can I have paper so I can draw you my feelings?"

He sat down with a pen and paper. Out came the sadne…