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Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) explains that emotion regulation allows children to calm down, to respond to big emotions. She notes that children are not born with an ability to regulate their emotions and talks about the important role that parents have in supporting their children to learn how to regulate

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) talks about the skills required – recognising emotions, labelling emotions, managing the emotion.

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) talks about validation of the child’s emotion. She notes the importance of not rushing in and “fixing” the problem.

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) talks about practical things that parents can do to help their child with emotion regulation.

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) talks about how to respond when a child is in the middle of a meltdown.

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) explains why a small event may trigger a huge response from a child.

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) notes that the purpose of discipline is to provide teaching moments. She talks about the importance of parents setting and holding the limits.

Jess Caldwell (Child and Adolescent Psychologist) explains that the way that a parent responds to their child’s emotional outburst is shaped by what happened for the parent as they were growing up.