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We all hate it when our beautiful children are sad or depressed. How can we reassure them and make the feel okay ? Nothing beats a cuddle but it is also very important we offer support and show them how much they are cared for. Young children won\u2019t have developed the skills to put into words about how they feel about something. They may not be able to manage feelings such as sadness or loss. Books will give them the tools to understand and express these feeling and importantly, provide them with a little reassurance. Books provide children with the language to name their feelings. One Branch at a Time<\/strong><\/em> touches on these emotions.<\/p>\n So what do we say ?<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry you\u2019re feeling sad is there anything I can do to help?\u201d This will let your child know you take their feelings seriously and that you are there to help them.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m here for you if you need to talk?\u2019 This offers them support and also reinforces you are there to listen.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s okay to not feel okay. Do you need to talk?\u201d This provides the child with emotional support and also validates their feelings.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m here to listen if you want talk about how you are feeling\u201d This reinforces that you are there to listen to them if they wish to share how they feel.<\/p>\n It\u2019s normal for children to feel sad or be in a bad mood, reading a story that covers these emotions and talking, will help them understand their feelings better, and hopefully put a smile back on their little face. I wish you luck.<\/p>\n Love Eliza x<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_social_media_follow use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”34px” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”1em|1em|1em|1em|false|false” custom_padding=”1em|1em|1em|1em|false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”facebook” url=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100076805093162″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#3b5998″ global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]facebook[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”instagram” url=”https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elizabethallenbooks\/” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ea2c59″ global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]instagram[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We all hate it when our beautiful children are sad or depressed. How can we reassure them and make the feel okay ? Nothing beats a cuddle but it is also very important we offer support and show them how much they are cared for. Young children won\u2019t have developed the skills to put into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"2880","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sadness"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaallen.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}