All Feelings Welcome: Parenting Practices for Raising Caring, Confident, and Resilient Kids - Hardcover

by Kelly Oriard (Author), Callie Christensen (Author)

A proven framework for helping children become caring, confident, and resilient from the makers of Slumberkins

In All Feelings Welcome, Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen, early childhood experts and founders of the Slumberkins brand of characters supporting emotional learning, provide accessible products and tools for empowering kids to build lifelong emotional intelligence. You'll discover how to approach building connections that will have lasting, positive impacts throughout your child's life. Then, you'll follow along with an easy-to-use framework that you can use in your day-to-day to build connection, community, and togetherness--the key ingredients of emotional wellbeing as our kids grow.

Written for parents and caregivers, All Feelings Welcome helps you support children in noticing, naming, and welcoming all feelings through the everyday parenting moments and in the more challenging times when you and your child need support. This book is packed with practical techniques that you can share with all the important people in a child's early emotional learning journey to build confidence and influence their wellbeing for a lifetime.

• Support kids' emotional wellbeing by fostering meaningful connections with the adults in their lives
• Contribute to a more kind and caring future world by raising children who are in touch with their emotions
• Get ideas for helping kids identify, name, accept, and respond to their feelings
• Build self-awareness as a parent or caregiver, while supporting the development of a positive self-concept for your child

Parents, caregivers, and anyone with a stake in our kids' futures will love the inspiration and practical tools in All Feelings Welcome.

Front Jacket

In All Feelings Welcome, authors Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen, pioneers behind the Slumberkins brand and acclaimed early childhood experts, unveil a powerful framework designed to foster the development of caring, confident, and resilient children. Through this insightful guide, parents and caregivers are equipped with the knowledge and practical tools they need to empower kids to embrace emotional intelligence that will serve them for a lifetime. From creating deep, meaningful connections to nurturing a sense of community and togetherness, Oriard and Christensen guide you through the foundational steps to enhance your child's emotional well-being.

This book is an indispensable resource for anyone involved in a child's life, offering strategies to help children recognize, articulate, and welcome their emotions, whether in everyday moments or more challenging times. It emphasizes the importance of building strong connections with the significant adults in children's lives, aiming to contribute to a kinder, more empathetic future. Readers will find valuable advice on guiding children through the processes of identifying, understanding, accepting, and responding to their feelings, thereby fostering a positive self-concept.

All Feelings Welcome takes you on a journey to building a lasting, positive impact in the lives of your children, ensuring their emotional health and resilience. It's a call to action for parents, caregivers, and anyone invested in nurturing the next generation's well-being, offering a beacon of inspiration and a treasure trove of practical techniques to support children through early emotional learning. Join Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen in shaping a more compassionate world, one child at a time.

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Praise for All Feelings Welcome

"A comprehensive and compelling immersion in your child's emotional and social development, the founders of Slumberkins have created a wonderful resource for parents, teachers, and other adults who care so deeply for children. In this accessible and clear compendium is a set of insights and suggestions that will enhance the well-being of every child fortunate to have a caregiver so powerfully prepared to help them cultivate resilience and well-being in their growing lives."
--Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times bestselling author or co-author, The Whole-Brain Child; Parenting from the Inside Out; The Power of Showing Up; The Developing Mind

"In All Feelings Welcome, caregiver readers are gifted with a beautiful and well-researched guide from two caregivers/educators illuminating the path toward understanding and nurturing the emotional bond within caregiver-child dyads. As a pioneering psychologist, avid meditator, and champion for the emotional well-being of diverse youth and families, I passionately endorse this work, reminding everyone that 'People from all backgrounds deserve to access the full range of their emotions always, ' a principle that shines through every page of this beautiful and important book."
--Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, pioneering psychologist, author, founder of mental health nonprofit The AAKOMA Project, and host of the mental health podcast Couched in Color with Dr. Alfiee

Author Biography

Kelly Oriard is a mother of two and holds a dual Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and School Counseling.

Callie Christensen is a mother of three and holds a Master's degree in Teaching with endorsements in Elementary Education and Special Education.