Validating your child’s emotions

21/08/2025 53 min
Validating your child’s emotions

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Are some emotions bad? What should you do if your child’s emotions are out of control? Monica Hinderer joins Doug sharing the devastating impact of invalidating your child’s emotions. They unpack 6 types of emotional invalidation and share how to validate your child's emotions.   Listener questions and comments: Sue - I have a 27-year-old son who doesn't really talk to me because he was so mistreated and criticized by his dad. I couldn't do anything to balance that out. I am very grateful for this topic. (41:53)   Types of emotional invalidation Minimizing Dismissing Judging Fixing too quickly Comparing Ignoring