Parenting Styles
Emotions
Emotion Coaching Steps
100

aware of and values own emotions

What is the emotion coach

100

Child is crying

What is sad

100

Being aware of the child's emotions

What is step 1

200

treats child's feelings as unimportant, trivial

What is the dismissing parent

200

Child is yawning

What is sleepy/tired

200

Recognizing the emotion as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching

What is step 2

300

judges and criticizes the child's emotional expression

What is the disapproving parent

300

Child is jumping up and down while smiling

What is excited

300

Listening empathetically and validating the child's feelings

What is step 3

400

does not teach the child about emotions

What is the Laissez-faire parent
400

Child hits brother and yells at him

What is angry

400

Helping the child verbally label emotions

What is step 4

500

respects the child's emotions

what is the emotion coach

500

Child screams "That's not fair!"

What is jealous

500

Setting limits while helping the child problem-solve

What is step 5