Pick 3 emotions on a Plutchik wheel (level 2) you feel now — precise labeling = calm.

Instead of "I feel bad", classify: "frustrated", "disappointed", "exhausted".

Search the 27-emotion list instead of basic 5 — discover self deeper.

Read with your child fifteen minutes daily — cumulative impact on language and intelligence beats any curriculum.

Build your child's emotional vocabulary by introducing fresh feeling-words weekly.

Aim for 21,000 words a day with your child — guarding against the "30-million-word gap."

Keep reading aloud to your child to age 12, even if he reads alone — benefits go beyond language.

Teach your child 50 feeling words (not just "sad": frustrated, hopeless, let-down, broken). Precision = regulation.