Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children

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  • Create Date:2023-10-30 05:19:30
  • Update Date:2025-09-13
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  • Author:Alyssa Gloria Campbell
  • ISBN:0063306263
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Summary

The Future is Emotionally Intelligent We’re in the midst of a parenting revolution that is radically changing the way we raise our kids。 Gone are the days of minimizing Don’t Cry 。 You’re Fine 。 Don’t Make a Scene 。 As our understanding of developing brains has increased, today’s parents are looking for a new way to help their children understand their feelings and learn to process them。 Emotional development experts Alyssa Blask Campbell, M。Ed。 and Lauren Stauble M。S。 are at the forefront of a movement to foster little ones’ emotional intelligence。 Their revolutionary Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method has been a game changer for parents and educators, and now they are sharing it with readers in this indispensable guide。   Tiny Humans, Big Emotions provides the tools to tackle every sort of stressful child-rearing situation, • What to do when your child throws a tantrum (it's not what you think!) • Helpful scripts to handle any challenging moment like school refusal and bedtime resistance • How to react when your child hits, punches, or bites • Easy tips that help regulate your child’s nervous system • How to anticipate and end meltdowns before they even begin Designed for all humans—tiny and big—this book shows caregivers of children how to handle their children’s outbursts while empowering them to recognize and manage difficult feelings like anger, sadness, and shame, along with anxiety。 All caregivers will find valuable insights and guidance in this book, especially those caring for children from infancy to age eight。 Tiny Humans, Big Emotions equips adults with tools for emotional intelligence so they can respond with intention。 This innovative, research-based approach teaches children self-regulation and empathy, even as it strengthens the parent-child relationship, setting the groundwork for a lifetime of emotional resilience and wellbeing。  This book is an essential, empathetic guide that will teach parents to notice their own habits and hold space for their tiny human's big emotions。

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Reviews

Simms

Lost me the third time the book quoted one of the authors' yoga teacher and never got me back。 Lost me the third time the book quoted one of the authors' yoga teacher and never got me back。 。。。more

Anna Villanueva

I absolutely loved this book!! It has so many great tips, and for someone that is trying to break generational cycles, this book spoke to me on so many levels。 It was kind of hard to tell the difference in POVs between the authors, but overall I would still rate this book 5 stars。 The CEP method is something I am going to implement now with my daughter。 I read this book through my Libby app, but now I’m 100% going to order it so I can refer back。 Such a helpful and informative read!

Catherine (alternativelytitledbooks)-been busy, catching up!

**Many thanks to NetGalley, William Morrow-Harvest, and to Alyssa Blask Campbell and Lauren Elizabeth Stauble for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 10。10!!**"When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it's our job to share our calm, not to join their chaos。"-L。R KnostOkay, sure。。。but how exactly do we go about DOING that amidst screaming, tiny fists a' flying and little bodies flailing。。。。not to MENTION people staring at you with that "Get your loud child out of this public place **Many thanks to NetGalley, William Morrow-Harvest, and to Alyssa Blask Campbell and Lauren Elizabeth Stauble for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 10。10!!**"When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it's our job to share our calm, not to join their chaos。"-L。R KnostOkay, sure。。。but how exactly do we go about DOING that amidst screaming, tiny fists a' flying and little bodies flailing。。。。not to MENTION people staring at you with that "Get your loud child out of this public place。。。and oh, maybe try a little PARENTING once you get home while you're at it" face?While it sometimes takes a village, these two authors (and founders of Seed & Sow。org) take the reader on a journey through raising emotionally intelligent little ones: a trip that begins with parents examining their own psyches and upbringings and the way we were often taught to repress and hide our feelings for the comfort and others, and exploring their new methodology of Collective Emotion Processing (CEP) that encourages children to identify feelings, process needs, and to learn to communicate, even at the height of stress。 This book is split into three sections: the first deals with a broad conversation on Emotions and their significance, and the importance of self-awareness and self-regulation。 how DO we want to raise our children? What do we want to be different in terms of processing and self-expression? The best part of this first section for me were the examples provided of how to charge our batteries, either through proprioceptive sense (big body play) that can include a long hug, massage, going for a run, wearing a baby, jumping into a pile of pillows, etc。 or recharging our vestibular system (ex。 swinging, going upside down, bouncing on a yoga ball, etc。) Learning how to reset and recharge our nervous systems is an ESSENTIAL tool for getting out of a fight or flight response and back 'into our bodies,' and all of these strategies can be applied to children as well as adults。 (All of these resources are also listed at the authors' website if you need a quick resource)。Part two is the meat and potatoes of the book and deals with Collaborative Emotion Processing。 The process involves a wheel of mindfulness, with spokes including adult-child interactions, self-awareness, scientific knowledge, uncovering implicit bias, and self-care。 This sounds like a LOT: and well, it is。 We need to identify our feelings, what triggers the feelings, seek support through coping strategies, and solve the problem or let it go。 (And if our child is the one experiencing the emotion。。。we need to help them through this process!) In essence when a big emotion arises, we need to determine if a child is in a state of dysregulation or not。 If they are, it isn't the time to teach: we need to calm them first。 If a child is hitting, it's tempting to say "We do not hit", but this alone will not teach the child not to hit。 If we can determine their underlying feelings or needs and provide empathy, sometimes this alone is enough。It's a tricky process, and as the book goes on, it becomes increasingly clear that this methodology doesn't necessarily fall in line with societal expectations。。。and I'll be honest, I did get a bit deflated and overwhelmed during the book at times, when it seemed like the task of teaching self-regulation to tiny humans seemed a bit much。 But what I came to realize as I read is while I might not approach every situation as 'perfectly' as the experienced childcare experts who penned this book, even making the ATTEMPT to hold boundaries and provide support rather than resorting to yelling or punishment instantly is a huge step up。。。and it will always be a work in progress。 My son is two and a half, and no doubt as his communication continues to develop, this will be an ever-changing roller coaster ride。 However, even coming into situations backed with scientific knowledge about how our minds and nervous systems coalesce in moments of stress and having those strategies on deck is ENORMOUSLY helpful。The authors also realize the world is designed to punish "bad behavior": my child's daycare teachers utilize time outs, and it's not like the criminal justice system is simply going to abandon incarceration in the wake of mindfulness and an attempt at tackling problems at the root rather than punishing a negative outcome。 However, living in a world that is FINALLY beginning to acknowledge the power of emotional processing rather than simply criticizing bad behavior (and teaching children shame) rather than learning TRUE coping strategies。 Although this book in some ways could be viewed as a conduit to guide readers towards seedandsow。org and also to the authors' podcast, this book felt less like an advertisement and more like a survival guide that ANYONE who spends time with children needs to have hanging around。 CEP is a long road, an unpredictable journey, and one you will embark on one day, one hour, and sometimes one MINUTE at a time。 As the authors state, "You might be the only emotionally safe person for your child to break down to, and you are enough。" But the message at the end of that quote is at the core of everything we are and everything we do, and is one that as parents and caregivers, we can't ever afford to forget: "You are enough。"💕 4 stars 。。。more

Krysta

I have long found Alyssa's approach to parenting very relatable。 She has the education and the research to back up what she's saying, and she presents it in a way that feels easy to digest and apply right away。 I will enthusiastically recommend this book to all my parent friends! I have long found Alyssa's approach to parenting very relatable。 She has the education and the research to back up what she's saying, and she presents it in a way that feels easy to digest and apply right away。 I will enthusiastically recommend this book to all my parent friends! 。。。more

Sarah

This was a really dense book on what Collaborative Emotion Processing is and how it can be used with young children。 It was a slow read for me because there's a lot to absorb and think about, but I do think it had a lot of useful and practical idea for helping children become more emotionally intelligent that I will return to。Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review。 This was a really dense book on what Collaborative Emotion Processing is and how it can be used with young children。 It was a slow read for me because there's a lot to absorb and think about, but I do think it had a lot of useful and practical idea for helping children become more emotionally intelligent that I will return to。Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Robyn Silverman

I loved this book and had the privilege of getting an advanced copy to review in preparation for having Alyssa on my podcast, How to Talk to Kids about Anything。 The book provides strategies to help parents co-regulate with their kids so that the future, indeed, becomes emotionally intelligent!

Amanda Cotton

Tiny Humans Big Emotions was a bit of a struggle for me。 It wasn’t stylistically cohesive, and it felt a bit like wading through a text book。 There were two authors who used first person, but the only indication of who was speaking was by knowing the name of one of their children。 Additionally, I wish the book would have been written to either teachers or parents- It felt like they were trying to put too much into the package - at the very least, I wish they would have prefaced each section as a Tiny Humans Big Emotions was a bit of a struggle for me。 It wasn’t stylistically cohesive, and it felt a bit like wading through a text book。 There were two authors who used first person, but the only indication of who was speaking was by knowing the name of one of their children。 Additionally, I wish the book would have been written to either teachers or parents- It felt like they were trying to put too much into the package - at the very least, I wish they would have prefaced each section as a “for teachers” or “note for parents。” There is overlap between the two, but often it just got to be too much superfluous information。 It is well researched and thorough, but it wants a bit of personality from both authors to make it really shine。I’d like to thank Harvest Publications and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。 。。。more

Lynne Reeves Griffin

Review to come at Psychology Today。

Amy

A good read for anyone who deals with children。 Strategies, advice, and ideas for helping our tiny humans navigate their often "big emotions。" Will definitely be helpful for me with my big emotions 2 year old!Thank you Netgalley and William Morrow, Harvest for the ARC! A good read for anyone who deals with children。 Strategies, advice, and ideas for helping our tiny humans navigate their often "big emotions。" Will definitely be helpful for me with my big emotions 2 year old!Thank you Netgalley and William Morrow, Harvest for the ARC! 。。。more