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Expressing emotions Vs overreacting

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buffysummers4 · 20/01/2019 06:59

I am very reserved and bottle everything up so am keen for my children to be able to express their emotions. However for my almost 5 year old I feel there also needs to be some perspective on what is a suitable situation to be really upset and what is not (screaming and shouting for 15 minutes because I gave him bowl X instead of bowl y for breakfast for example). Any tips??

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Goandplay · 20/01/2019 08:03

I struggle with this. I can understand being upset over a bowl or sad that your bag is at school but how long do you let them ‘be dramatic’. Where and how is the line drawn.

No sure I’m making sense.

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buffysummers4 · 20/01/2019 08:31

Yes that's it exactly - where do I draw the line between 'yes that must be annoying' and 'ok now you're being ridiculous....'.

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buffysummers4 · 21/01/2019 16:57

Bump - anyone got any top tips?

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Goandplay · 08/02/2019 21:44

Just us then? 😂

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