Feelings & Emotions

Teaching kids to identify, name, and manage their emotions.

Helping children understand and name their emotions is one of the most important things you can do as a parent. When kids can identify what they're feeling, they can start learning to manage those feelings.

What Is Anxiety?

Learn how to explain anxiety to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Depression?

Learn how to explain depression to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Angry Mean?

Learn how to explain angry to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Empathy?

Learn how to explain empathy to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Jealousy?

Learn how to explain jealousy to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Lonely Mean?

Learn how to explain lonely to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Fear?

Learn how to explain fear to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Embarrassed Mean?

Learn how to explain embarrassed to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Frustration?

Learn how to explain frustration to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Grateful Mean?

Learn how to explain grateful to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Confidence?

Learn how to explain confidence to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Disappointed Mean?

Learn how to explain disappointed to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Stress?

Learn how to explain stress to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Proud Mean?

Learn how to explain proud to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Forgiveness?

Learn how to explain forgiveness to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Overwhelmed Mean?

Learn how to explain overwhelmed to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Patience?

Learn how to explain patience to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Is Love?

Learn how to explain love to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

What Does Shy Mean?

Learn how to explain shy to your child with age-appropriate explanations for ages 3-12.

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