Feelings

We are implementing the course, but my husband and I have been wondering about one aspect. We are trying to help our kids remain calm and use the calm down spot to get calm. Can you us understand how we can also teach our children to sort through negative emotions. My husband’s parents didn’t let him feel negative emotions (they were always quick to cheer him up), and he’s learned as he’s received counseling as an adult that he has a hard time processing negative emotions. I’m not sure if I’m using the right words to describe it, but basically, when he has negative emotions, he doesn’t know what else to do with them besides stuff them down which makes it worse in the long run. How can we parent our kids in a way where they are able to learn to be calm, but still learn to deal with negative emotions in a healthy way, (not stuff their emotions down like my husband learned to do)? Thanks!