Valuing children's emotional life, and allowing them to express their feelings enables them to move on more swiftly, writes Jenny Ellis
Iwas about one-third of the way through the book. So, when Natalie threw herself on the floor screaming hysterically - and when two of her friends approached her and she screamed louder - and when the nursery nurse said kindly, 'That's enough now. Cheer up, and come and see what we're doing', to which Natalie shrieked 'No!' I knelt down on the floor beside her and said quietly and rather apprehensively, 'My goodness, you are very angry, and very sad too.' And then I waited.
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