259. Emotional Intelligence in Teens: Help Your Child Manage Big Emotions

Is your teen or preteen having big emotional reactions, shutting down, snapping back, or melting down over what seems like a small issue?

In this episode of The Single Parenting Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW, talks with Dr. Rosina McAlpine, work and family wellbeing expert from Win Win Parenting, about how parents can help tweens and teens build emotional intelligence and learn to manage their emotions more effectively.

Dr. Rosina explains that emotional intelligence is not just about “calming down.” It includes several skills: knowing your own emotions, managing those emotions, recognizing emotions in others, and handling relationships.

These skills are connected to better relationships, stronger school and work performance, improved mental health, better physical health, and greater life satisfaction.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What emotional intelligence really means
• Why emotional intelligence matters for teen behavior and wellbeing
• How parents can help teens notice and name their emotions
• Why emotional regulation has to be taught step by step
• How screen time, gaming, and social media can affect mood
• Simple ways parents can model emotional regulation
• How to help teens build empathy and relationship skills
• Why “look for the win-win” can reduce conflict at home

If your teen struggles with emotional outbursts, irritability, shutting down, or conflict, this episode will help you understand what is happening and how to begin building emotional intelligence one small step at a time.

Listen now and start with one simple shift: help your teen notice what they are feeling before trying to fix the behavior.

Dr. Rosina an internationally recognized expert on parenting, managing work and family life, working parents, researcher, and media contributor. Dr. Rosina is the founder of Win Win Parenting, a research-based program that is delivered in small, medium and large organisations and workplaces for all levels of government to inspire and resource working parents with strategies to better navigate day-to-day parenting challenges, support their mental health, manage work-life balance, reduce stress, and prevent burnout.

Dr. Rosina can offer a unique perspective –she has been featured on TV, print and radio media platforms – highlights include: the New York Post, The Today Show, with a regular spot on ABC Radio, and has spoken at corporate events globally. https://www.winwinparenting.com/media

https://www.drrosina.com/media

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