First Aid For Feelings

Here are some coping skills for kids, the more we teach this to them now the more they will thrive in life.

The stress bucket provides a visual representation of every day and underlying challenges we face, how resilient we are, what coping strategies we have and what happens when the power of the stresses out way the power of coping strategies, the bucket will spill over. I use this analogy a lot with the YP I work with.

Worrying can cause a lot of stress, it's important to help our young people learn to notice and manage their worries, so over the next few days I'm going to share some techniques and resources. The worry tree is a great tool to share and use, there is a picture below to support you with this. Simply notice the worry, is it hypothetical (what if) or a practical (real) worry? If it's hypothetical, young people need to learn to let it go and refocus, I will talk more about this tomorrow.