Feeling words
Help your kids understand their emotions by using feeling words.

Help your kids understand their emotions by using feeling words such as the ones in this list.  Use these words often—especially while practicing emotion coaching—to expand your children’s “feelings vocabulary.” 

Discuss what these feelings mean, how they create sensations in their bodies, and what types of situations might cause such feelings.  When your child is actively expressing a feeling, label it with one of these words to help him or her understand those emotions.