For young children this is about learning to manage their own emotions and understand how other people might be feeling, knowing what kind of behaviour is acceptable in different situations ...
Recognising your emotions and learning to manage them is one of the most important skills you can have. In fact people who are good at noticing how they feel and can calm themselves down or adjust ...
In the RTÉjr show Bellie and Whizz Minding Me, we meet lovable forest puppets, Bellie the badger and Whizz the hare. They help to teach young children how to identify and manage their emotions.
Because our brain reacts the same way to social threats as life-threatening ones, negative emotions can negatively impact our abilities to accurately perceive situations, solve problems ...