Understanding children’s emotions
Date/time: Tuesday 17th December, 9.30 – 12.15
Venue: The Nissen Hut, Eastville Park
Tea, coffee and biscuits provided
About the session
Spontaneous, intense, fast-changing… children’s emotional experiences can sometimes leave us feeling like a whirlwind has been through. For us adults it can be hard to understand why children can go from calm to devastated in just a few moments.
The winter holidays can be a particularly challenging time. Your routine is out, there’s lots of people to see, and the excitement of the season can lead to tricky emotional interactions between adults and children.
Session aims
This session will support you to:
- See children’s emotions as a chance for connection and learning
- Understand some of your own assumptions about emotions
- Develop your skills in responding to children’s emotions
- Connect with other like minded parent and carers
Cost and booking
Per person cost
Places at this session are £30 per person.
Additional people
If there is more than one person in a family that would like to attend, please let us know. We are happy to offer discounts for more than one person. You might want to bring a relative who has caring responsibilities e.g. grandparent, close family friend
If you’re experiencing financial hardship
There are a limited number of spaces for £5 for those parents/carers experiencing financial hardship. Please email us if you would like one of these spaces. These spaces will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
What other people have said about this session
“Our parents really valued this session. There was so much positive feedback about how much they learnt and took from it”
Primary school headteacher
“This just really helped me to understand my child so much more. He can sometimes really lose it and I feel like I have a new way to respond to him”
Parent of 9 year old
“Thank you! I think my own beliefs about what emotions are ok to express and what one’s aren’t were making things worse…but seeing all emotions as valid and normal is so helpful”
Parent of 11 year old