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[quote=Anonymous] Was raised the same way, am highly emotional, and my son has inherited my intense feelings. He's 7. So his feelings all show, all the time. Happy, sad, angry, grumpy, etc. I've always told him you can feel anything you want and that's perfectly fine. But what you "do" with those feelings matters. He can be angry but he can't call me names. He can be grumpy but still has to use nice words. I've taught him to say, "I'm mad and don't want to talk right now." And I give him space. If he's rude, I remind him that while I understand he's understandably feeling out of sorts (grumpy) from not sleeping well, he still needs to speak nicely. And honestly I still model words and phrases for him. He gets it. And he's much better at emotional regulation now. If he feels his feelings are acknowledged and validated, he's more likely to act in appropriate ways. And he's learning to get himself in a better mood now, too.[/quote]
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