Meltdowns may be normal, but there is a way to help your kids better process their feelings

情绪崩溃,但有一类方式可以帮助你的孩子更好地应对它

As Shirley Oldale tucked her 3-year-old son into bed, he said, "I am sad because I wanted to play, and I don't want to go to bed."

当雪莉·奥戴尔给她3岁的儿子盖被子睡觉时,他说:“我很难过,因为我想玩,我不想睡觉。”

Oldale, a mother in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, has been teaching her child how to express his emotions since he was 30 months old.
"I feel so proud when I hear him express his emotions as I know I was not encouraged to express emotions associated with challenge or so-called difficult emotions such as anger," she said.
To teach her son about emotions, she reads flip books with pictures of facial expressions that show how children feel and why they might feel that way.

奥戴尔,英国西约克郡的一位母亲,从孩子30个月大的时候就开始教他如何表达自己的情绪。“当我听到他表露自己的心绪时,我感到非常自豪,因为我知道我自己就曾经不被鼓励表达与挑战或所谓的困难有关的情绪,比如愤怒,”她说。
为了教她儿子情绪相关的知识,她阅读了带有面部表情图片的活页书,这些图片展现了孩子们的感受以及他们为什么会有这样的感受。
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That ability Oldale is teaching her son is called emotional literacy, and it's something many parents and caregivers are taking a proactive role in teaching their children.
Emotions drive many aspects of the human experience like the quality of relationships with friends and family, said Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor at the Yale Child Study Center.

Oldale给她儿子培养的这种能力被称为情绪认知,而这一能力需要父母和监护人在教育他们的孩子时扮演更加主动的角色。
耶鲁情商研究中心主任兼儿童研究中心教授马克·布雷克特说,情绪影响着人生经历的许多方面,比如与朋友和家人间关系的质量。

"We all need a vocabulary to describe our inner experiences and feelings. Without that we can't communicate effectively, get our needs met, and get the support we need to thrive," he said.
Emotional literacy can help children work through negative emotions better, according to Dr. Nerissa Bauer, a behavioral pediatrician in Indianapolis.
"When kids are acting out or having behavioral outbursts, it is a sign they are hurting, they need our help but don't yet have the tools or strategies to effectively get the help they need," Bauer said.

“我们都需要一个词汇来描述我们的内心体验和感受。没有这一点,我们就无法有效地沟通,满足我们的需求,并获得我们健康成长所需的支持,”他说。印第安纳波利斯的行为儿科医生Nerissa Bauer博士说,情绪认知可以帮助儿童更好地应对负面情绪。
“当孩子们表现出来或有行为冲动时,这是他们受到伤害的迹象,他们需要我们的帮助,但还没有工具或策略来让他们有效地得到需要的帮助。”

Emotional development during a pandemic

疫情期间的情绪发展

Children's emotional development and well-being need extra attention during the pandemic, said Tamsin Grimmer, early years consultant and associate of Early Education, a UK charity that focuses on improving early childhood education.

专注于儿童早期教育改善的英国慈善机构“早期教育”的顾问兼合作人姆辛·格里默说,在疫情期间,儿童的情感发展和健康需要得到额外的关注。

Kids might feel uncertain or unsafe, or they may be picking up on those emotions from their family members, she said.
When young ones learn how to harness emotional literacy, they become more resilient and can cope better with life's tough moments, Grimmer added.
During the pandemic, educators like Lisa Agyapong worked with children to help them understand how to calm down. She is an early years manager with Early Years Alliance, an educational charity in the UK.

她说,孩子们可能会有不确定性或不安全感,亦或者他们可能会从家人那里输入这些情绪。
格里默补充说,当年轻人学会驾驭情绪时,他们会变得更富有韧性,能够更好地应对生活中的艰难时刻。在疫情期间,像丽莎·斯盖拉这样的教育家与孩子们一起工作,帮助他们学会如何冷静下来。她是英国教育慈善机构“早教联盟”的早教管理者。

A glitter jar to represent emotions

代表情绪的闪光瓶

One of the activities she taught children involved making a glitter jar. When the children shook the jar, the movement of the glitter represented their out-of-control emotions, she said. As the glitter settled down, so did the children's emotions, she explained.
"Being together in the time it takes the glitter to settle gives the child a chance to calm down, without even realizing that they are doing it," Agyapong said.

她教导孩子们进行的活动之一是制作一个闪光瓶。她说,当孩子们摇晃瓶子时,发出的闪光代表了他们失控的情绪。她解释说,随着闪光的东西安定下来,孩子们的情绪也跟着沉静下来。
斯盖拉说:“在等待闪光物沉静下来的这段时间,给了孩子们一个冷静下来的机会,而他们甚至没有意识到自己正在这样做。”
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Meltdowns may be normal, but there is a way to help your kids better process their feelings

情绪崩溃时有发生,但有一类方式可以帮助你的孩子更好地应对它

As Shirley Oldale tucked her 3-year-old son into bed, he said, "I am sad because I wanted to play, and I don't want to go to bed."

当雪莉·奥戴尔给她3岁的儿子盖被子睡觉时,他说:“我很难过,因为我想玩,我不想睡觉。”

Oldale, a mother in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, has been teaching her child how to express his emotions since he was 30 months old.
"I feel so proud when I hear him express his emotions as I know I was not encouraged to express emotions associated with challenge or so-called difficult emotions such as anger," she said.
To teach her son about emotions, she reads flip books with pictures of facial expressions that show how children feel and why they might feel that way.

奥戴尔,英国西约克郡的一位母亲,从孩子30个月大的时候就开始教他如何表达自己的情绪。“当我听到他表露自己的心绪时,我感到非常自豪,因为我知道我自己就曾经不被鼓励表达与挑战或所谓的困难有关的情绪,比如愤怒,”她说。
为了教她儿子情绪相关的知识,她阅读了带有面部表情图片的活页书,这些图片展现了孩子们的感受以及他们为什么会有这样的感受。

That ability Oldale is teaching her son is called emotional literacy, and it's something many parents and caregivers are taking a proactive role in teaching their children.
Emotions drive many aspects of the human experience like the quality of relationships with friends and family, said Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor at the Yale Child Study Center.

Oldale给她儿子培养的这种能力被称为情绪认知,而这一能力需要父母和监护人在教育他们的孩子时扮演更加主动的角色。
耶鲁情商研究中心主任兼儿童研究中心教授马克·布雷克特说,情绪影响着人生经历的许多方面,比如与朋友和家人间关系的质量。

"We all need a vocabulary to describe our inner experiences and feelings. Without that we can't communicate effectively, get our needs met, and get the support we need to thrive," he said.
Emotional literacy can help children work through negative emotions better, according to Dr. Nerissa Bauer, a behavioral pediatrician in Indianapolis.
"When kids are acting out or having behavioral outbursts, it is a sign they are hurting, they need our help but don't yet have the tools or strategies to effectively get the help they need," Bauer said.

“我们都需要一个词汇来描述我们的内心体验和感受。没有这一点,我们就无法有效地沟通,满足我们的需求,并获得我们健康成长所需的支持,”他说。印第安纳波利斯的行为儿科医生Nerissa Bauer博士说,情绪认知可以帮助儿童更好地应对负面情绪。
“当孩子们表现出来或有行为冲动时,这是他们受到伤害的迹象,他们需要我们的帮助,但还没有工具或策略来让他们有效地得到需要的帮助。”

Emotional development during a pandemic

疫情期间的情绪发展

Children's emotional development and well-being need extra attention during the pandemic, said Tamsin Grimmer, early years consultant and associate of Early Education, a UK charity that focuses on improving early childhood education.

专注于儿童早期教育改善的英国慈善机构“早期教育”的顾问兼合作人姆辛·格里默说,在疫情期间,儿童的情感发展和健康需要得到额外的关注。

Kids might feel uncertain or unsafe, or they may be picking up on those emotions from their family members, she said.
When young ones learn how to harness emotional literacy, they become more resilient and can cope better with life's tough moments, Grimmer added.
During the pandemic, educators like Lisa Agyapong worked with children to help them understand how to calm down. She is an early years manager with Early Years Alliance, an educational charity in the UK.

她说,孩子们可能会有不确定性或不安全感,亦或者他们可能会从家人那里输入这些情绪。
格里默补充说,当年轻人学会驾驭情绪时,他们会变得更富有韧性,能够更好地应对生活中的艰难时刻。在疫情期间,像丽莎·斯盖拉这样的教育家与孩子们一起工作,帮助他们学会如何冷静下来。她是英国教育慈善机构“早教联盟”的早教管理者。
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A glitter jar to represent emotions

代表情绪的闪光瓶

One of the activities she taught children involved making a glitter jar. When the children shook the jar, the movement of the glitter represented their out-of-control emotions, she said. As the glitter settled down, so did the children's emotions, she explained.
"Being together in the time it takes the glitter to settle gives the child a chance to calm down, without even realizing that they are doing it," Agyapong said.

她教导孩子们进行的活动之一是制作一个闪光瓶。她说,当孩子们摇晃瓶子时,发出的闪光代表了他们失控的情绪。她解释说,随着闪光的东西安定下来,孩子们的情绪也跟着沉静下来。
斯盖拉说:“在等待闪光物沉静下来的这段时间,给了孩子们一个冷静下来的机会,而他们甚至没有意识到自己正在这样做。”

Teaching children emotional literacy has grown in popularity over the past decade as studies have come out showing the benefits, according to Brackett, author of "Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive."
"Children with more developed emotion skills tend to have greater well-being, high-quality relationships, and perform better academically," he said.
Anxiety and depression have also spiked in younger populations, so it's more important than ever to teach them how to process their emotions in a healthy way, Brackett added.

根据《允许感受:释放情绪的力量以帮助我们的孩子、我们自己和我们的社会繁荣》一书的作者Brackett的说法,在过去的十年里,教育儿童情绪认知变得越来越受欢迎,因为有研究显示了其好处。
他说:“情绪认知发展更充分的孩子往往更幸福,拥有高质量的人际关系,在学业上表现得更好。”
Brackett补充说,焦虑和抑郁在年轻人群中也有所增加,所以教他们如何以健康的方式处理好自己的情绪比以往任何时候都重要。