Babies and toddlers are deeply feeling beings. Starting in the earliest
months of life, well before they can use words to express themselves,
babies have the capacity to experience peaks of joy, excitement and
elation. They also feel fear, grief, sadness, hopelessness and
anger—emotions that many adults understandably still find it hard to
believe, or accept, that very young children can experience. A critical
first step in helping your child learn to cope with her feelings is not
to fear the feelings, but embrace them—all of them.
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