标题:12ThingstoRememberWhenYourChildGetsAngry source:ahaparenting 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Sinsidethem。。。Chancesaretheywerealreadyfeelingnotverygoodaboutthemselvesbeforetheoutburstandtheisolationjustservestoconfirmintheirownmindsthattheywereright。OttoWeininger,Ph。D。TimeInP Whenourkidsgetangry,itpushesbuttonsformostofus。Wrenotperfect,butwetrytobelovingparents。Whyisourchildlashingoutlikethis? Mcalmdown。Afterall,whatelsecanwedo?Wsfurious。Isnotimetoteachlessonsoraskforanapology。Sheneedstocalmdown。 Ifwesendhimtohisroom,hewillindeedcalmdown,eventually。Hllalsohavegottenaclearmessagethathisangerisunaccep,tknowhowtohelphim。Hthaveworkedthroughwhateverledtohisanger。Instead,llhavestuffedtheanger,snolongerunderconsciouscontrol,andwillburstoutagainsoon。Nowondersomanyofusdevelopangermanagementissues,whetherthatmeansweyellatourkids,throwtantrumswithourpartner,orovereattoavoidacknowledgingangryfeelings。 Whatcanwedoinstead?Wecanhelpourkidslearntomanagetheirangerresponsibly。Thatbeginswithacceptingangerwithoutactingonit。 Thisisoneofthemostcriticaltasksofchildhoodlearningtotoleratethewoundsofeverydaylifewithoutmovingintoreactiveanger。Peoplewhocandothisareabletoresolvechallengesmoreconstructively。Wecallthememotionallyintelligent。 Kidslearnemotionalintelligencewhenweteachthemthatalltheirfeelingsareokay,buttheyalwayshaveachoiceabouthowtheyact。How? Whenyourchildgetsangry: 1。Takeadeepbreath。Remindyourselfthatthereisnoemergency。Keepyourselffrommovingintofightorflight。Thiswillhelpcalmyourchild,andmodelemotionalregulation。 2。Rswayofhelpingsmallpeopleletoffsteam。Ttyethavetheneuralpathwaystocontrolthemselvesaswedo。(Atalwaysregulateourangerverywell,evenasadults!) Thebestwaytohelpchildrendevelopthoseneuralpathwaysistoofferempathy,reangryandatothertimes。Isokgood,actuallyforyourchildtoexpressthosetangled,angry,hurtfeelings。Afterwesupportkidsthroughatantrum,theyfeelclosertousandmoretrusting。Theyfeellesswoundupinside,sotheycanbemoreemotionallygenerous。Ttasrigidanddemanding。 3。Rfight,response。Tsadefenseagainstthreat。Occasionallythatthreatisoutsideus,forinstance,whenabigbrotherknocksdownablocktower。Bt。Wrecarryingaroundoldstuffedemotionslikehurt,fearorsadness。Wshappeninginthemomenttriggersthoseoldfeelings,andwegointofightmodetotrytostuffthemdownagain。 Lossesanddisappointmentscanfeelliketheendoftheworldtoachild,andkidswilldoanythingtofendofftheseintolerablefeelings,sotheycryandrageandlashout。Iftheyfeelsafeexpressingtheiranger,andwemeetthatangerwithcompassion,theirangerwillbegintomelt。 Ssanger,ttheangerthatishealing。Istheexpressionofthetearsandfearsbeneaththeangerthatwashesoutthehurtandsadnessandmakestheangervanish,snolongernecessaryasadefense。 4。Dssafe。Dttrytoteach,reasonorexplain。Wthavewhatshewants,orgethertoadmitthatsheactuallylovesherlittlesister。Justacknowledgehowupsetsheis:Youaresoupsetaboutthis。。。Issohard。 5。Setwhateverlimitsarenecessarytokeepeveryonesafe,whileacknowledgingtheangerandstayingcompassionate。Yresomad!Youcanbeasmadasyouwant,buthittingisnotok,nomatterhowupsetyouare。Youcanstomptoshowmehowmadyouare,butItletyouhitme。 6。Setlimitsonactionsonly,notonfeelings。Themorecompassionateyoucanbe,themorelikelyyourchildwillfindhiswaytothetearsandfearsundertheanger:Oh,Sweetie,Imsorrythisissohard。。。YresayingIneverunderstandyou。。。thatmustfeelsoterribleandlonely。Ythavetoagreeorargue。Justacknowledgehistruthinthemoment。Oncehefeelsheard,histruthwillshift。 7。Keepyourselfsafe。Kidsoftenbenefitfrompushingagainstus,soifyoucantolerateitandstaycompassionate,sfinetoallow。Butifyourchildishittingyou,moveaway。Ifshepursuesyou,ItthinkIwantthatangryfistsoclosetome。Iseehowangryyouare。YoucanhitthepillowImholding,orpushagainstmyhands,butItletyouhurtme。Ktreallywanttohurtusitscaresthemandmakesthemfeelguilty。Mostofthetime,whenwemoveintocompassionandtheyfeelheard,kidsstophittingusandstartcrying。 8。Stayascloseasyoucan。Ysangry。Ifyouneedtomoveawaytostaysafe,Itletyouhurtme,soImmovingbackabit,butIamrighthere。Wrereadyforahug,Imrighthere。IGoaway!Yretellingmetogoaway,soIammovingbackastep,ok?Itleaveyoualonewiththesescaryfeelings,butIwillmoveback。 9。Dsoverreacting。Osoverreacting!Btevennotice。Tthem。Stgorightnowtogettheredcupoutofthecar,soktojustlovinglywelcomehismeltdown。Mostofthetime,taboutthebluecup,sdemanding。Whenchildrengetwhinyandimpossibletoplease,theyusuallyjustneedtocry。 10。Acknowledgingherangerwillhelphercalmdownabit。Thenhelphergetundertheangerbysofteningyourself。Ifyoucanreallyfeelcompassionforthisstrugglingyoungperson,llfeelitandrespond。Dtanalyze,justempathize。YImsosorry,Sweetie。Onceyourecognizethefeelingsundertheanger,shewillprobablypauseandstoplashingout。Yllseesomevulnerabilityoreventears。Youcanhelphersurfacethosefeelingsbyfocusingagainrepeatedlyontheoriginaltrigger:Ithavetheyouwant,Sweetie。Imsorrythisissohard。Whenourlovingcompassionmeetsherwound,swhenshecollapsesintoourarmsforagoodcry。Andallthoseupsetfeelingsevaporate。 11。AFTERscalmeddown,youcantalk。Dtstartbylecturing。Tellastorytohelphimputthisbigwaveofemotionincontext。Thoseweresomebigfeelings。。。everyoneneedstocrysometimes。。。Youwanted。。。。Isaidno。。。Youwereverydisappointed。。。Yougotsoangry。。。。Undertheanger,youweresosadanddisappointed。。。。Thankyouforshowingmehowyoufelt。。。。Ifhejustwantstochangethesubject,lethim。Youcancirclebacktobringclosurelaterinthedayoratbedtime,resnuggling。ButmostchildrenWANTtohearthestoryofhowtheygotmadandcried,sastory,notalecture。Ithelpsthemunderstandthemselves,andmakesthemfeelheard。 12。Whataboutteaching?Ythavetodoasmuchasyouthink。Yourchildknowswhatshedidwaswrong。Itwasthosebigfeelingsthatmadeherfeellikeitwasanemergency,andnecessarytobreaktherule。Byhelpingherwiththeemotions,remakingarepeatinfractionlesslikely。 Waituntilaftertheemotionalclosure,andthenkeepitsimple。Recognizethatpartofherwantstomakeabetterchoicenexttime,andalignwiththatpart。Besuretogiveherachancetopracticeabettersolutiontoherproblem。Whenwegetreallyangry,likeyouwereangryatyoursister,weforgethowmuchwelovetheotherperson。Treourenemy。Right?Youweresoverymadather。Weallgetmadlikethatandwhenweareverymad,wefeellikehitting。Butifwedo,resorrythatwehurtsomeone。Wewishwecouldhaveusedourwords。Whatcouldyouhavesaidordone,insteadofhitting? Acceptingemotionslikethisisthebeginningofresilience。Gradually,yourchildwillinternalizetheabilitytoweatherdisappointment,talwaysgetwhathewants,hecanalwaysgetsomethingbettersomeonewholovesandacceptsallofhim,includingtheyuckypartslikerageanddisappointment。Htdangeroustheycanbetoleratedwithoutactingonthem,andtheypass。Gradually,sfurious。 Yllhavetaughthimhowtomanagehisemotions。Allhavestrengthened,ratherthaneroded,yourbondwithhim。Allbytakingadeepbreathandstayingcompassionateinthefaceofrage。Soundssaintly,Iknow,talwaysbeabletopullitoff。Buteverytimeyoudo,llbemakingasmallmiracle。