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Create and Stick to Routines
Create and Stick to Routines
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Keep routines in place
Keep routines in place
The experts all agree that setting and sticking to a regular schedule is key, even when you’re all at home all day. Kids should get up, eat and go to bed at their normal times. Consistency and structure are calming during times of stress. Kids, especially younger ones or those who are anxious, benefit from knowing what’s going to happen and when.
The schedule can mimic a school or day camp schedule, changing activities at predictable intervals, and alternating periods of study and play.
It may help to print out a schedule and go over it as a family each morning. Setting a timer will help kids know when activities are about to begin or end. Having regular reminders will help head off meltdowns when it’s time to transition from one thing to the next.
https://childmind.org/article/supporting-kids-during-the-covid-19-crisis/
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Managing Emotions
Managing Emotions
"Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness." Fred Rogers
WHO Paretning 5.pdfReassure your child or teen that they are safe. Let them know it is OK if they feel upset. Share with them how you deal with your own stress so that they can learn how to cope from you.
Reassure your child or teen that they are safe. Let them know it is OK if they feel upset. Share with them how you deal with your own stress so that they can learn how to cope from you.
Be an emotion scientist. Suspend judgement and instead, accept emotions as information. When we understand our emotions, we can regulate them. Understanding our emotions and how they impact our actions is the foundation of self-awareness and self-management.
Be an emotion scientist. Suspend judgement and instead, accept emotions as information. When we understand our emotions, we can regulate them. Understanding our emotions and how they impact our actions is the foundation of self-awareness and self-management.
Manage your own anxiety
Manage your own anxiety
It’s completely understandable to be anxious right now (how could we not be?) but how we manage that anxiety has a big impact on our kids. Keeping your worries in check will help your whole family navigate this uncertain situation as easily as possible.
For those moments when you do catch yourself feeling anxious, try to avoid talking about your concerns within earshot of children. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, step away and take a break. That could look like taking a shower or going outside or into another room and taking a few deep breaths.https://childmind.org/article/supporting-kids-during-the-covid-19-crisis/
Teach Gratitude
Teach Gratitude
“Gratitude blocks toxic emotions, such as envy, resentment, regret and depression, which can destroy our happiness.”— Robert Emmons
“Gratitude blocks toxic emotions, such as envy, resentment, regret and depression, which can destroy our happiness.”— Robert Emmons
When we look for things to be grateful for we are likely to find things to be grateful for in the most unlikely places.
When we look for things to be grateful for we are likely to find things to be grateful for in the most unlikely places.
"Gratitude is a state of mind that arises when you affirm a good thing in your life that comes from outside yourself, or when you notice and relish little pleasures." http://ei.yale.edu/what-is-gratitude/ Gratitude is not based on life circumstances or environment but the way we decide to interpret them. While we are, in a sense, stuck in our homes, worried about the future other worries are likely alleviated.
"Gratitude is a state of mind that arises when you affirm a good thing in your life that comes from outside yourself, or when you notice and relish little pleasures." http://ei.yale.edu/what-is-gratitude/ Gratitude is not based on life circumstances or environment but the way we decide to interpret them. While we are, in a sense, stuck in our homes, worried about the future other worries are likely alleviated.
While parents are balancing work life, new technology and homeschooling, we have opportunities to create bonds that will last a lifetime. Gratitude is not about ignoring hardship, it's about embracing the good embedded in the hardship.
While parents are balancing work life, new technology and homeschooling, we have opportunities to create bonds that will last a lifetime. Gratitude is not about ignoring hardship, it's about embracing the good embedded in the hardship.
Help Small Children Process News
Help Small Children Process News
WHO Parenting 6.pdfCheck in with little kids
Check in with little kids
Young children may be oblivious to the facts of the situation, but they may still feel unsettled by the changes in routine, or pick up on the fact that people around them are worried and upset. Plan to check in with younger children periodically and give them the chance to process any worries they may be having.
Young children may be oblivious to the facts of the situation, but they may still feel unsettled by the changes in routine, or pick up on the fact that people around them are worried and upset. Plan to check in with younger children periodically and give them the chance to process any worries they may be having.
Children who are tantruming more than usual, being defiant or acting out may actually be feeling anxious. Pick a calm, undistracted time and gently ask how they’re feeling and make sure to respond to outbursts in a calm, consistent, comforting way. https://childmind.org/article/supporting-kids-during-the-covid-19-crisis/
Children who are tantruming more than usual, being defiant or acting out may actually be feeling anxious. Pick a calm, undistracted time and gently ask how they’re feeling and make sure to respond to outbursts in a calm, consistent, comforting way. https://childmind.org/article/supporting-kids-during-the-covid-19-crisis/
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