Yes! Naming the feeling, validating, commiserating, then proceeding to co-regulation. We can't "manage" children's feelings by managing their behaviour, we can only role-model and provide them the tools & skills to do so for themselves <3 I feel as though we share a philosophy here: https://medium.com/neurodiversified/kinder-more-effective-alternatives-to-punishment-2fac4f29d85b

I also love your use of declarative language! https://medium.com/family-matters-2/the-many-benefits-of-wondering-out-loud-5fdac24e4939