It’s okay to feel sad. It’s okay to feel mad. It’s even okay to feel worried or scared. We all have feelings, and that’s totally normal! Sometimes our hearts feel heavy, our faces scrunch up, or we ...

Talking about emotions can help children process their feelings and better recognize different emotions in themselves and in others. And although this might seem easy when children are happy, it might ...

Teaching your child about four foundational emotions—anger, sadness, fear, and jealousy—can help them build a lifelong emotional vocabulary. Naming and normalizing feelings gives kids the language ...

Talking about emotions out loud as they ebb and flow is truly therapeutic. That's why people who need to talk about the same thing over and over again to process it usually share some very important ...

Parents have many tough conversations with their kids. We explain to stubborn toddlers why it’s important to share their toys and talk with disappointed elementary schoolers about their feelings after ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

“What’s the most important feeling?” a woman in a bedazzled bucket hat calls out to an auditorium of 300 young students. “LOVE!” the students shout in response. The word explodes from them, as if ...

As a parent, you help your children learn skills to walk, talk, eat, and learn. As children grow into tweens, they need new skills to navigate feelings and emotions – and you’re the perfect person to ...

Men’s mental health is often overlooked, but it shouldn’t be. Talking about emotions isn’t always easy — especially for men. Society often teaches men to “tough it out” instead of seeking help. This ...

Last week I was outside in the backyard with my 4-year-old son, immersed in conversation about his swim lesson that upcoming Saturday. We were talking about how excited he was about the lesson, how he ...