Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families
#1034 - Q&A: Making Siblings BFF's & Emotional Expression
Episode notes
Every Tuesday Dr Justin answers listener questions about making your family happier! Today we have questions about sibling friendships/conflict, and helping children learn emotional regulation.
Question 1: What can parents do to make their children best friends, and how can sibling conflict/rivalry be eliminated?
Question 2: How can we control our 11 year old son's emotions so that he doesn't get bullied or teased due to his consistent crying at school when things don't go his way?
In this episode:
- Conflict in every relationship is normal
- Rupture and repair
- Four main characteristics of sibling relationships
- How can we get our kids to like one another?
- The 3 Es of Effective Discipline (Explore, Explain, Empower)
- Emotional Regulation
- Emotional responses are closely related to neurobiological maturation
- Gender differences in expression of emotions
- Externalised vs internalised emotions
- Emotion-focused coping vs problem-focused coping
- Maladaptive strategies
- Giving up, Withdrawal, Rumination, Self-devaluation, Aggressive actions
- Adaptive strategies:
- Problem solving, Distraction, Forgetting, Acceptance, Humour enhancement, Cognitive problem solving, Revaluation
- How to help your child
- Making emotions 'King'
- #822 The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Part 1)
- #827 The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Part 2)
- The Secret to Regulating Emotions
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Related links:
- 10 Steps to Reducing Sibling Conflict
- Emotion Coaching [ Webinar - if you are a HF member you can find this in your video library]
- Teaching Kids Kindness [ Webinar]
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