A child's emotional development: How a parent can help

Helping their child identify their feelings and talking through ways to deal with different situations

Talking about how other people have feelings and how their child behaves and treat other may impact on that person's feelings

Encouraging their child to talk about situations so that their child learns that it is useful to share these thoughts and feelings with someone they trust

Being looked after by other family members - to help the child become more independent so they are not always relying on mummy and daddy

Eating meals together as a family - this is quality time where a child could be asked questions about their day and listened to by their parents