Beyond "Happy" & "Sad": Building Your Child's Emotion Regulation Toolkit

In this episode of the Mindful Motherhood podcast, Dr. Katie teaches parents how to distinguish between meltdowns and tantrums and offers practical tips to address each effectively. She emphasizes the importance of approaching children's emotional outbursts with curiosity and empathy, labeling emotions, and validating feelings to foster connection and emotional growth. The episode provides strategies for helping children of all ages to build their emotion regulation toolkit, including how to build their emotional vocabulary, manage their feelings, and develop resilience through everyday interactions, play, and other creative outlets. Website: mindfulmotherhoodpodcast.com Connect with us! mindfulmompod@gmail.com Resources: (Books) First Emotions Series (11 books) Every Little Thing Little Monkey Calms Down My Body Sends a Signal Listening to My Body Listening with My Heart In My Heart: A Book of Feelings (Growing Hearts) A Kids Book About Coping Skills Two Big Feelings; Quiet in my Body; Happy Either Way (LOVEVERY) Everyone Feels Series Belly Breathe Breathe, Think, Do with Elmo (Visuals) Calm Strips Visuals Textured Infinity Breathing Strips 5 Deep Breaths Visual Timestamps: 1:18 - Tantrum vs Meltdown 5:27 - Introduction to coping skills 6:44 - Building an emotional vocabulary 14:01 - Building coping skills/regulation tools for ages 5-10 18:10 - Building coping skills/regulation tools for ages 11-18 24:11 - Modeling emotional regulation for our kids 28:57 - Challenge of the week!