What Two Emotions (Pos or Neg) Do You See Most Often in Your Child?

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Kids, really need to be taught how to cope with frustration.
that is what parents... have the most difficulty with, which then becomes a "problem" for the child...because a young child and baby simply does NOT have inherent "ability" to deal with 'frustration' nor coping skills to navigate through it.
Some adults, don't even have that ability. They probably were never taught or were just 'scolded' or punished for feeling 'frustrated'... and babies and children, per their age-set... simply do not have emotions fully developed yet... so therefore, we cannot 'expect' a kid to just 'behave' and handle their emotions and frustrations like a Rocket Scientist.

To me, this is key.
A child, needs to learn 'how'... to manage AND how to articulate their frustrations and then be ALLOWED to have those feelings. Adults have those feelings... but we are 'allowed' to... but kids, are often NOT allowed to have any emotions, except a smile.

all the best,
Susan

I would say I most often deal with handling my son's frustrations (he's 21 months) and excitability. I try and talk him through his tantrum and tell him I understand why he is upset and voice his feelings for him. It works most of the time!
He is usually a happy boy unless he's throwing a tantrum. Sometimes he gets really worked up though and starts throwing toys in all the excitement or slamming things down on surfaces. It's gotten to the point of where I tell him if he throws his toys I will take them away. He actually tells me "all done" and hands it to me! He also LOVES to sing and does so very loudly in public, stores, restaurants, etc. I have started teaching him to use an indoor voice and that seems to be helping.

Good luck with your book!

I love their sense of pride or euphoria they have when they accomplish a hard task - like putting on their shirt all by theirself. You can just hear it in their voice when they say 'I did it! All by myself!'

Another common one for us is fear - fear of the dark, fear of monsters, fear of anything new/unknown. Sometimes it's hard to overcome, but when they do it's nice to see their confidence grow and they then try to reassure me that I shouldn't be afraid of x because it's not that bad.

Crying (either to manipulate a situation, in the case of my younger child, or out of frustration, in the case of my older child).

Giddy happiness! When they're not bawling, they are having a great time! I'm always astonished at the things that can make them so happy. Simple things like a rubber ball that bounces really high. A garden hose on a hot day. Finding a frog outside. They take such great joy in the unexpected.

I guess it's just amazing that on the one hand, the unexpected makes them cry, and on the other hand, the unexpected makes them laugh.