Lots of parents and carers regularly ask us for advice regarding helping children understand and manage their emotions.
Following the challenges that came with the Covid Pandemic, and still do, a challenge for many families and young children is understanding 'behaviour as a form of communication'. Some children struggle to articulate how or why they are feeling or behaving in new or challenging ways.
Below is some advice from the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families regarding strategies to understand and support: