How to help your child deal with emotions?

Like us, children feel big and complex emotions. But unlike us, they have very limited ability to regulate – to control – them. They also lack the language capacity to communicate their feelings. When something happens that they’re unsure or unhappy about, their only way of conveying that is to let out what’s building up inside them. This can be very uncomfortable and inconvenient for us, but it’s all they’ve got to work with.