Do wimpy kids anno yyuo

[Mud]

stuck in park today, in cafe
woman and 6 year old boy in long shorts and t-shirt like ever y other kid there
boy shirieking at top of his voice about being cold and theyu should shut the doors - ear-piercing and sobbing mother cuddling and explaining, he calms down and then starts up aain - so loud - so verly loud

yes but I think it is easy to mix up dealing with your emotions with hiding them
if you feel something strongly, it is important to give our children the tools to deal with them (express them, or find coping mechanisms) rather than just not expressing them.
not giving any sympathy is teaching a child (at the extreme) that emotions are bad and not to be expressed and he isn't really hurt and it doesn't really matter.
because being emotionally crippled is every bit as tiresome as being emotionally incontinent
there is a middle way

but I didn't think we were talking about 'emotional issues' but the ability to deal with physical knocks?

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yabbut they call maths numeracy don't they?

and DS has been doing subtraction and multiplication rather than taking-away and times(ing)

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well how you cope with pain is an emotional issue.
if you fall over do you cry
if you have a shock do you get upset
if you're cold or uncomfortable do you whinge
if you lose at a game do you sulk or have a strop
they're all emotional reactions