Help your children learn positive ways to keep their cool. “Cool Down” Coach:Learning to read the early warning signs is half the battle. Coach your child to recognize his or her own physical and emotional anger signals. “Wow! You look like you’re feeling really mad to me. Maybe you need to go out to the Read More
Parent Tips
Cabin Fever
Trapped inside the house with your children? Give these “cabin fever” tips a try. Table Magic:Throw an old blanket or bedspread over card table or kitchen table and create an instant cave, fort, playhouse or hideout. No-ant picnic:Pack sack lunches and go on a “hike” through the house looking for a good spot to picnic. Read More
Bullying
Almost a third of US students in grades six through ten are involved in moderate or frequent bullying: A 1998 study by the National Institute of Health found that nationwide, 3.2 million students were victims of bullying and 3.7 million were classified as bullies. Bullying is not “teasing”: Bullying is negative acts between children, carried Read More
Music for Relaxation
While there isn’t much research out there about music and children and mood, who among us hasn’t used music to alter our own mood? I bet you could list the following with very little hesitation… What is a song you would listen to if you wanted to: And you probably know instinctively that there is Read More
Relaxation Space
There are different types of Guided Imagination techniques. Sometimes, all these techniques are lumped together and called “visualization”. But the term visualization can sometimes cause people to feel stress! Instead, think of this relaxation technique as a way to create a mental “relaxation space”. Guided Imagination/Visualization = Relaxation Space Relaxation Space You might use “Relaxation Read More
Mental Rehearsal
Humans are unique; we can have physical and mental stress by worrying about an event that has not yet occurred.This type of worry is called “anticipatory stress” and can plague children starting at a very young age. The physiological consequences of this type of stress, when chronic and/or extreme, can be detrimental to our children’s Read More