Do you feel me? (family)

A caring family makes him feel like this. Do you know the word to describe this feeling?

by: The GreatSchools Editorial Team

Show the feeling word

Supported

Feeling like others care for you and are there to help you do well

Take it further

Emotions matter. Emotions influence our decision making and color our relationships. Research shows that children who develop emotional intelligence skills are kinder, happier, healthier, and more successful. Help your child develop emotional intelligence by playing another round of our feeling words game.

Conversation starters:

First ask your child how they are feeling after watching this video, and share how you feel. Talk about those feelings.
Share with your child a description of a time when you felt supported, and then ask about someone who has supported your child through a hard time.
Ask your child about different ways you can show support for someone. What kind of support makes you feel most cared for?

Activities:

Have your child make a “support map” of all the people they feel supported by in their life. Have them put themselves at the center of a paper and draw connections to other people. Then have them add people who support their supportive people.

Go on a support spree! Think about someone who is going through a difficult time and make them some food (bake them some cookies or a favorite dish) or help them in some other way.

Book lists:

Explore stories about feeling supported in our feeling word book lists:

Watch more Do you feel me? videos and learn more about emotions.
Read more about the Feeling Words Curriculum.
Have some fun with feeling words with our Mad-Sad-Glad Libs.

About the author

The GreatSchools Editorial Team

GreatSchools.org is a national nonprofit with a mission to help every child obtain a high-quality education that values their unique abilities, identities, and aspirations. We believe in the power of research-backed, actionable information to empower parents, family members, and educators to help make this happen. For 25 years, the GreatSchools Editorial Team has been working to make the latest, most important, and most actionable research in education, learning, and child development accessible and actionable for parents through articles, videos, podcasts, hands-on learning resources, email and text messaging programs, and more. Our team consists of journalists, researchers, academics, former teachers and education leaders — most of whom are also dedicated parents and family members — who not only research, fact check, and write or produce this information, but who use it in our daily lives as well. We welcome your feedback at editorial@greatschools.org.

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