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[quote=Anonymous]I think you have to go about it the right way. Sometimes I see people talking to kids using therapy-speak or examining feelings in a way that is clearly just making them hyper-aware of feelings and encouraging rumination.

But I do think there's a way to encourage emotional maturity by showing kids how to reflect on what my be driving feelings like anger, frustration, irritation, etc. Even just teaching kids to ask themselves "am I hungry? am I tired?" when they find themselves being short tempered. But no you do not have to have a 40 minute conversation with your kid every time they misbehave or someone hurts their feelings.

I'm a ruminator who got it from my mom and I definitely work NOT to pass it on to my kids. I keep a journal and occasionally go to therapy so that I'm not unloading feelings onto my family. I think if my kids see me being able to process and move past negative experiences fairly easily, it will help them learn those skills. The last thing I want is for my kids to develop my mom's penchant for turning everything into an anxiety-fueled nightmare.[/quote]

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