Kids have big feelings and sometimes they express them in pretty big and disruptive ways. How can we help when our child is grappling with something but doesn’t have the words to describe the problem?

We’ve all got a lot of big feelings right now, what with *gestures around.* It can be challenging for even the most self-aware among us to pinpoint how we’re feeling from moment to moment. It’s even ...

It blows my mind we're able to ever coherently communicate with each other. That kind of capacity takes not only emotional intelligence, but enough self-awareness to be able to accurately describe ...

Helping children build a strong emotional vocabulary is crucial for their development. Words give children the tools to express their feelings and build emotional intelligence, which can help them do ...

Kids listen. They might not seem like they're paying attention all the time, but they are tuned in to the words, phrases and tone their parents use. They carry those things with them throughout their ...

That sort of painful, sort of bittersweet, sort of wistful feeling you get looking out the window or driving at night or listening to a far-off train whistle? There's a word for that in Japanese. By ...

Many people think of a dictionary as just a book to find word meanings or spellings. But there are many other kinds of dictionaries that help us understand human emotions in richer ways. These special ...

Feeling words are used often — sometimes daily — to express needs, define expectations, or mark boundaries. This is an important part of communication in relationships, but when they’re used vaguely ...

Have you ever had trouble finding the words for what you’re feeling or thinking? Most of us have encountered this difficulty at some time or another. It often happens just when we most need to be able ...