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Sometimes, processing feelings is difficult for children because they lack the proper terminology to sort through the complex feelings they have inside. Also, children (like adults) mistake secondary feelings as primary feelings, which often leaves them feeling misunderstood or corrected or lands them on the receiving end of discipline.

Primary feelings: Primary feelings are just that: the core feeling of what’s going on inside of us. They best exemplify what is happening and, if labeled properly, most often lead to help.

Sadness, worry, and confusion are 3 primary feelings; they may also be called by synonyms (eg, blue, anxious, misunderstood...

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