CNN Health | 5 parenting tips that work just as well on adults

Parenting requires a lot of learning on the job. Raising a 7-year-old, I’ve benefited enormously from the wisdom of teachers, psychologists and other caregivers who have taught me ways to navigate a minefield of tantrums and meltdowns.

The more I learn about how to help a little kid through big feelings, the more I realize I need these strategies as much as my son does.

Adults often get so wrapped up in the demands of everyday life that we don’t recognize when we’re struggling emotionally, Dr. Jessi Gold, chief wellness officer for the University of Tennessee System and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Memphis, told me. “We are really focused on the task, not the person doing the task.”

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