HOW ELABORATIVE REMINISCING AIDS ADOLESCENT WELLBEING

Being able to label emotions (particularly negative ones) in early childhood has been found to aid adolescents in emotion regulation and improve their impulse control and social problem-solving abilities.

Discussing past negative emotions can also aid self-understanding and boost well-being, other researchers suggest, by helping children healthily distance themselves from such emotions (so that they’re no longer in those emotions’ throes).

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What’s more, as Mitchell and Reese write in the Journal of Personality, “mothers' elaborative reminiscing supports children to develop more complete, specific, and accurate memories of early childhood experiences, which in turn could offer older children and adolescents a richer store of memories to draw upon when forming their narrative identities.”

This is a compelling finding underscoring the importance of engaging children in conversation at early ages, following their lead in conversation, and encouraging them to elaborate on the thoughts, feelings, and experiences they encounter at home, school, and in the world at large.

And parents aren’t the only people who can help children with this critical skill, Reese stated. Teachers, grandparents, and other family friends and relatives can engage children in the practice of elaborative reminiscing, too.

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