A success!

Amber · 11-24-2009, 11:34 AM

This morning started out wrong. My 5.5yo was having very big feelings over (seemingly) little things. He declared that he was having a very, very, very, very bad day. I tried a few different things to bring him out of this funk, but he wasn't budging

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He loves to draw right now, so I gave him a piece of paper and told him that I wanted him to draw a picture of how he was feeling. He drew a picture of himself with a lot of tears. Then I had him draw why he was sad. He drew a picture of the chain he wanted but didn't have. I could see that he was starting to feel a little better already. So I told him draw a picture of something that would make him feel better, he drew sunshine. After that he was feeling much better and went on to draw some more pictures for his "book".

I have seen people recommending to have kids draw what they are feeling, but I never tried it with my kids. I am really impressed with how it helped my ds process his feelings and move past them. Both boys are now happily playing with playdoh

JJsMom · 11-24-2009, 11:40 AM

Awesome! I think I might try this with my ds irt him being afraid at night. Thank you!

11-25-2009, 09:06 AM

Thank you so much for sharing this! A great idea to file away for using with my boys sometime...

Mum2Es · 11-25-2009, 05:58 PM

That is awesome, I will try that with my DD next time she's being obnoxious, I can see that working really well for her. Thank you!

Proverbs31 · 11-25-2009, 06:43 PM

Nice work, mama!

Thank you for sharing!

11-24-2009, 11:34 AM	#1
Amber Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The rainy side of Washington. Posts: 18,232	A success! This morning started out wrong. My 5.5yo was having very big feelings over (seemingly) little things. He declared that he was having a very, very, very, very bad day. I tried a few different things to bring him out of this funk, but he wasn't budging . He loves to draw right now, so I gave him a piece of paper and told him that I wanted him to draw a picture of how he was feeling. He drew a picture of himself with a lot of tears. Then I had him draw why he was sad. He drew a picture of the chain he wanted but didn't have. I could see that he was starting to feel a little better already. So I told him draw a picture of something that would make him feel better, he drew sunshine. After that he was feeling much better and went on to draw some more pictures for his "book". I have seen people recommending to have kids draw what they are feeling, but I never tried it with my kids. I am really impressed with how it helped my ds process his feelings and move past them. Both boys are now happily playing with playdoh __________________ Amber ISFJ Wife to my wonderful DH And keeper of the boys Big M (6/03) Forever ours Dec 2012 C (6/04), Little M (10/05) Forever ours Dec 2012 K (5/06) Missing our foster daughter Miss A

11-24-2009, 11:40 AM	#2
JJsMom Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,695	Re: A success! Awesome! I think I might try this with my ds irt him being afraid at night. Thank you! __________________ Krissy Married to my loving husband for 14 years I have 4 kids. Gave birth to my J-bird 10 yrs ago (ds) Homebirthed my LuLu 7 yrs ago (dd) Homebirthed my Punkin' seed (and Great Grandma's namesake) 4 years ago. (dd) And had our newest arrival, JellyBean 2 years ago. (dd) I still miss my Great Grandma every single day. I'm not ready to take her picture out of my avi. She feels closer this way.

11-25-2009, 09:06 AM	#3
mattattsmama Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A success! Thank you so much for sharing this! A great idea to file away for using with my boys sometime...

11-25-2009, 05:58 PM	#4
Mum2Es Rose Trellis Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,552	Re: A success! That is awesome, I will try that with my DD next time she's being obnoxious, I can see that working really well for her. Thank you!

11-25-2009, 06:43 PM	#5
Proverbs31 Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 13,464	Re: A success! Nice work, mama! Thank you for sharing! __________________ Wife to engineer dh Mama to dd / (10) and ds (6) Longing to adopt #3+

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