Family Evening with Dr Justin Coulson

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel Nine's Parental Guidance, the founder of happyfamilies.com.au, and one of Australia’s most trusted parenting, relationships and wellbeing experts. Over the past decade he has helped innumerable families with his 7 books about raising children, his hundreds of media appearances (including all of Australia’s major news outlets, and even the Washington Post and the New York Times), and two viral videos that have been viewed a combined 80 million times! Justin holds a PhD in Psychology. He and his wife Kylie have been married since the late 1990s and are the parents of 6 daughters.

Little People, Big Feelings

What are we supposed to do when our child is throwing a tantrum, losing the plot, or just plain going off their rocker?

Most of our responses—no matter how well-intended—can make things worse. We tell them to stop it, calm down, cut it out... and they don’t! They get worse! We send them to their room, take the iPad... it all backfires. Dealing with little people’s big emotions (and challenging behaviours) in the middle of an outburst is tough!

The tricky thing is that much of our children’s challenging behaviour (and our feeling that they aren’t resilient) has less to do with the actions we see, and more to do with the big emotions they feel. And while we want to help them, we’re not quite sure how.

The Little People, Big Feelings presentation is Dr Justin Coulson’s powerful guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world. Once they develop this critical life skill, emotionally intelligent children will feel more confident, perform better at school, have healthier relationships with others, and even be physically healthier.

In this presentation, you'll talk, listen, investigate, and practice all the ways you can manage those "big feeling" meltdowns in calm, constructive ways.