{"id":208,"date":"2026-09-29T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/?p=208"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:08:58","slug":"big-emotions-need-somewhere-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/2026\/09\/29\/big-emotions-need-somewhere-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG EMOTIONS NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children can feel things VERY strongly \u2014 frustration, anger, worry, excitement, disappointment \u2014 but they don\u2019t always know how to put those feelings into words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfad\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tae\/1\/16\/1f3ad.png\"> Drama gives them a safe place to practise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through characters, role-play and improvisation, children can explore emotions without the pressure of talking directly about themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the benefits can reach far beyond the drama class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u2728\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"> Better able to put feelings into words instead of bottling them up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u2728\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"> More confident expressing themselves when something matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u2728\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"> Greater empathy as they experience situations from another person\u2019s point of view<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u2728\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"> Stronger communication skills to help them navigate friendships and disagreements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u2728\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"> More self-awareness as they begin to recognise and understand different emotions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Drama Kids, we\u2019re not asking children to hide those BIG feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> We\u2019re giving them a safe, creative way to explore them, express them and learn how to communicate them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children can feel things VERY strongly \u2014 frustration, anger, worry, excitement, disappointment \u2014 but they don\u2019t always know how to put those feelings into words. Drama gives them a safe place to practise. Through characters, role-play and improvisation, children can explore emotions without the pressure of talking directly about themselves. And the benefits can reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dramakids.co.uk\/york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}