Learn how to handle your kid's first (non-celebrity) crush.

With spring fever coming on, people everywhere have lovin' on the brain—and your kid might be no exception. While most of us have fond memories of our "first love"—at what,11 years old?—it can be a terrifying experience for a Mom watching her daughter go ga-ga over a boy at school. Friend of Mom Logic Rosanne Tobey, akaCounseling Mom, teaches us how to avoid mama-kid drama with these tips:

Do: Take the crush seriously, because your child does. People have a tendency to say it's puppy love, says Counseling Mom, but for your kid, it's a really big deal.

Do: Balance wanting your kid to talk to you and their privacy. Don't push them if they don't want to talk about it, but be available to talk to them. If you push them, you will get the opposite effect of what you want--open communication.

Do: Give them some information on how to deal with their feelings, in terms of male-female interactions. Realize that your kid has a crush, but he or she has no idea what's involved. You can also explain to them some behaviors that may happen. Remember when your crush ignored you when his friends were around?

Don't: Ask them a million questions. They won't appreciate being interrogated.

Don't: Ignore the fact that your child may get his or her feelings hurt. If it happens, that's the time for you to step in, be there for them, and help them learn how to feel bad and get over it. "It's important that we teach our kids how to deal with disappointment," says Counseling Mom. "Dealing with disappointment builds resilience."

Don't: Assume they have words for their feelings. Help them learn the vocabulary for their feelings. Click here for a helpful tool, and have your kid point to the face that agrees with their feelings. That's another way you can be there for them.

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