The verbalizing is important for them to hear with repetition, but it's also really for us to control our emotions, to maybe relax a little bit, because I don't know if you've been there, but sometimes just say you're having a really hard day.

Sometimes just talking to yourself, like, okay, Amy, you got this, like, you can do it, like, and just really talking yourself down and verbalizing with yourself can calm you down.

So I'd like to use the example of let's use verbalization as sure this is going to be for them to know that we see them and that we are really okay with their feelings, but also that it's really going to be a way that we can use as a tool to calm ourselves down in a situation that's getting escalated.

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On this episode of Monday Mornings with Dr. Mona, I am talking with a parent named Amy about her daughter who's 27 months old and Amy is wondering why verbalizing her child's feelings during tantrums and meltdowns is not exactly working as she expected.

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Hey Amy, thank you so much for joining us on the show today.

So tell me, what is on your mind today as a mom?

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