Emotion Coaching

Discover how to use emotions as opportunities for connection and teaching with your child.

Empathy is Key to Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Teen

Sinead Smyth

The key to raising kind, successful children is teaching them empathy.

Quiz: What Style of Parent are You?

The Gottman Institute

Are you a Disapproving parent? A Dismissing parent? An Emotion Coaching parent?

The Digital Age: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Parents are the ones to model healthy online habits for their children and show them there's life beyond the screens.

The Digital Age: Trouble in Utopia

Dr. Ellie Wilde

There is little room for genuine intimacy or authentic connection.

The Digital Age: Invalidating Indifference

Dr. Ellie Wilde

The thoughtless nature of online interactions is harmful for children to consume.

Setting Limits Using Emotion Coaching

Dr. Ellie Wilde

You can help your children solve problems at any age.

The Digital Age: Labeling Emotions

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Emotion Coaching can encourage your kids to come to you for support.

The Digital Age: Communicating With Your Kids

Dr. Ellie Wilde

By giving your kids attention and understanding, you can show them love and help them to see that they are not alone.

The Digital Age: Slowing Down

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Parents can help kids process their offline worlds.

The Digital Age: 3 Reasons I Am A Terrible Emotion Coach

Zach Brittle, LMHC

Even therapists have trouble being good parents.

The Digital Age: Emotion Coaching & Empathy

Dr. Ellie Wilde

As parents, you can model treating others with empathy, selflessness, affection, and respect.

How to Engage in Emotion Coaching

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Emotion coaching gets to the heart of your child's feelings and behaviors.

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