Helping Kids Manage Big Feelings: Anxiety, Meltdowns, Resilience, and Emotional Regulation
Practical tools for helping children manage big feelings, anxiety, stress, and disappointment.
What you'll walk away with
- Understand children’s big feelings, anxiety, meltdowns, and emotional regulation.
- Learn practical strategies for responding to difficult emotions with empathy and support.
- Build resilience by balancing validation, accountability, and healthy independence.
- Ask questions and get guidance during a Q&A with JF&CS professionals.
This parent workshop helps caregivers understand children’s big feelings, anxiety, meltdowns, and emotional regulation while learning practical strategies to respond with empathy and support. Parents explore how to build resilience without rescuing, balance validation with accountability, and help children develop the tools to navigate stress, disappointment, and anxiety.
At a glance
Length
60 minutes
Parents/ Caregivers
Led by
BeWellATL facilitators
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