![]() ![]() Some of those reasons are noted here:įurthermore, tears seem to be a primary way for individuals, over a range of developmental periods, to express and regulate primary emotions such as sadness, anger, frustration, and joy. Tears have many biological and psychological bases that have been discovered through research. Those are damaging expectations in the face of how tears function for emotional and mental well-being throughout our lifetime. It's as if, after a certain age, the child should know how to regulate tears and the underlying reasons for which one cries, or as if tears are only indications of what babies do. ![]() I left that experience reflecting on countless other times that I've heard such phrases. As all the other children turned to look, the teacher firmly stated, "You're not a baby any more." The little boy was struggling to hold in his tears because there was no safe space for the acceptance of those tears, nor inquiry as to what prompted them and their importance. ![]() I overheard the teacher demand, in front of the class, that the student stop crying. Recently, I was working with an elementary-level class, and one of the children began to cry when conflict erupted between him and another child. ![]()
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