When you’re worried about your child, finding the right words isn’t always easy. Children often express their emotions through their behaviour rather than through what they say, and trying to explain those observations to professionals can feel overwhelming.
Whether you’re navigating separation, high‑conflict co‑parenting, or simply trying to understand how difficult situations are affecting your child, it can be hard to describe what you’ve actually seen without slipping into assumptions or interpretations.
The It’s My Family Child Emotional Response Scale was created to help you record your child’s responses clearly and accurately. It doesn’t diagnose your child or explain why they behaved a certain way. Instead, it offers a simple, structured way to capture what you observed, what your child did, what they said, and how they reacted, so their experiences can be understood in a more meaningful and objective way.