This episode originally appeared as episode #1013.

When we make feelings “King”, our children can become stuck in their emotion, unable to regulate or move forward. Justin shares the right way to respond to feelings, helping them understand, process, and then move through their emotional state. 

In this episode:

• Revolutionary change in how parents respond to emotions
• Impact of TikTok parenting influencers
• Validating emotions
• Feeling seen, heard, valued
• Ways to regulate and tame emotions
• Parent or therapist?
• #822 The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Part 1
• #827 The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Part 2
• #976 Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy
• How to help your child process their emotion and move on from it

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Related links: 

• The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents, by Lisa Damour
• The Secret to Regulating Emotions
• Emotion Coaching [Webinar]
• Little People, Big Feelings [The Summit]

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