Feelings Versus Actions

Personal & Social DevelopmentSelf-AwarenessAges 6–8

Understand that feelings and actions are separate — you can feel something strongly without having to act on it straight away

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Separate a feeling from an action and practise one safe pause.

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Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.

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Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.

Use a puppet or imagined character. No forced body scan, eye closing, breathing exercise or personal disclosure. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.

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partial: Understand that feelings and actions are separate — you can feel something strongly without having to act on it straight away
Canonical evidence consists of broad research labels; none is invented as a citation or treated as attainment. Role-play cannot establish real-world regulation.
blocked: emotion regulation development research
Source provides a research label, not a verified specific study or observable attainment clause.
blocked: Effects of Age and Gender in Emotion Regulation (PMC 2020)
Source provides a research label, not a verified specific study or observable attainment clause.
blocked: expressive control to emotion regulation (PMC)
Source provides a research label, not a verified specific study or observable attainment clause.
partial: Does {{name}} 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?
Canonical evidence consists of broad research labels; none is invented as a citation or treated as attainment. Role-play cannot establish real-world regulation.

Canonical evidence consists of broad research labels; none is invented as a citation or treated as attainment. Role-play cannot establish real-world regulation.

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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?”

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Type: Meta
Subject: Personal & Social Development
Domain: Self-Awareness
Age range: Ages 6–8