How to Teach Kids to Better Manage Life’s Disappointments

Her brother ate the last two Oreos instead of saving one for her. Dad said no more TV right before bedtime. He tested positive COVID at the last minute and can’t take a planned spring break trip. A broken arm means baseball season is over until next year. 

Disappointment can take infinite forms for a kid. Though you can’t spare them from disappointment, you can teach them how to handle it so they bounce back stronger as they get older.
Kids today may have more experience with disappointment than prior cohorts considering the ways in which the pandemic canceled or fundamentally altered two years of their childhood. Even with all that experience, all kids—from toddlers to teens—still need their parents’ help to learn skills to process their emotions.
How to Teach Kids to Better Manage Life’s Disappointments