Feelings Versus Actions
Understand that feelings and actions are separate — you can feel something strongly without having to act on it straight away
Lesson
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“Feelings Versus Actions means knowing you can feel something strongly and still choose a safe action — feelings and actions are separate. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Feeling cards: angry, sad, excited
- Action cards: pause, breathe, speak kindly, hit (mark as not OK)
Extra for the adult
Worked example. I feel angry. I pause and breathe. I use words instead of hitting.
Optional challenge. For Feelings Versus Actions, role-play two safe actions for the same feeling.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: feeling named; pause used; support used. This session samples feeling/action split, not mastery of emotion science.
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Feelings Versus Actions means knowing you can feel something strongly and still choose a safe action — feelings and actions are separate. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes naming a strong feeling, listing safe actions, then checking a fresh “feel ≠ must act” example.
Separate a feeling from an action and practise one safe pause.
Separate a feeling from an action and practise one safe pause.
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Separate strong feelings from the actions you choose.
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Talking About Your Feelings
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Talking About Your Feelings supports Feelings Versus Actions. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- emotion regulation development research
- Effects of Age and Gender in Emotion Regulation (PMC 2020)
- expressive control to emotion regulation (PMC)
“Does your child understand that feeling angry, scared, or jealous doesn't mean they have to act on it immediately — that there's a gap between the feeling and what they choose to do next?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Self-Awareness
- Age range
- Ages 6–8