美语听力素材: 家长应该如何应对孩子哭闹

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Fox on Family. You probably know what it feels like to be really angry. But can we teach our kids to calm themselves down?: "You can't stop that anger on a dime once the hormones dump."
So Doctor, former Marine and father-of-three Andrew Wittman, says the key is awareness and time. When a big emotion is coming, giving the brain and body something else to do can help, like a breathing exercise: "Start with four, hold it for four, exhale for four, making it a game; something different than this thought process of I'm just angry and the emotional reaction."
 

Word games can work, too; finding letters, or for younger kids eye-spy with colors: "And get them to be able to do it on their own, right, so they can start l