Expressing Emotions to Your Children

This is tricky. Do you bottle your emotions in an effort to remain "positive" for your children? Is this healthy? Or should you allow your children to see and hear what you're feeling? Not surprisingly, kids say they need a balance. It's fine to break down once in a while and expose your frustration and grief - it's authentic - but you should limit these episodes. They can scare children, who look to you for stability and guidance. At the same time, it's important for them to see (again, what you do is far more powerful than what you say) that it's acceptable to express emotions along the way. This gives them permission to do the same.


Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0

Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '.:/home/virtual/lifeandminds.ca/webroot/htdocs/whendementiaisinthehouse/analytics.php' (include_path='.:/usr/www/users/sixlabs/lifeandminds.ca/phpinc') in Unknown on line 0