It’s important to validate your kid’s feelings without agreeing with whatever harsh judgment they’re making about themselves. That’s why Markey likes this way of acknowledging the hurt without reinforcing the criticism. “It can be really difficult when we feel like someone doesn’t have a positive opinion of us,” she says.
If a classmate’s comment set this off, follow up with: “Why do you think that person said that?” Maybe Preston the fourth-grader was insulting everyone, or didn’t even understand the word he was using. Exploring what happened can help your child question how much weight to give the remark. “If the kid can get to the place of feeling like...
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