How to Help Children Dealing with Adversity
Camp Kupugani is our sleepaway Midwest summer camp located near Chicago, IL and Madison, WI that offers girls-only, boys-only, and blended (intentionally co-ed) sessions. When campers face difficult times, we want them to know how to address and overcome them. We found this article from The Greater Good Magazine on helping children with adversity; read our take below and read the full article about adversity here.
- Build supportive relationships
- Show your children positive relationships
- Youth-serving professionals can make a positive impact on our children
- Social situations in the classroom can be a positive learning experience
- Create safe spaces
- All children should feel connected and care for
- Use the word “expectations” rather than “rules”
- Rules are “unchangeable”
- Expectations grow and adapt to the situation
- Have children participate in the rule-building process
- Involvement can bring on empowerment
- This can also bring about the ability to adapt
- Build upon strengths by supporting self-regulation
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- This can help children learn how to identify their emotions
- Meditation is great for self-regulation