Why do some people laugh when someone else is hurt or when they are ‘in trouble’? Very often, people interpret laughter to mean that someone took pleasure in an action - or they found something funny. However, the idea that laughter indicates enjoyment or humor is not always correct. Let’s explore the harmful views surrounding laughter and discuss what laughter really means.
Read MoreWhen children experience anger, we often turn to books to provide a safe space to explore this emotion. But what if the books we’re choosing are instead promoting shame? Guilt and shame are emotions that can seem similar but are oh so different. They’re also both developing in our young preschoolers. Children who experience stronger emotional states are at increased risk for experiencing the shame-anger cycle.
Read MoreWalking down the hallway, I can hear the frantic screams and cries of a child, “I’M CALM, I’M CALM, I’M CALM!!!!!”. I walked in to find Sarah standing in the middle of the classroom, tears streaming down her face and screaming at the top of her lungs. She was anything but calm and yet here she was, declaring to the world that she was the epitome of ‘calm’. Sarah believed she was calm because she had a surface level understanding of emotions. Are you making the same mistakes when you teach emotions? Check out the vital component that might be missing.
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