How to Make Your Kids Amazing
Camp Kupugani is our Midwest summer camp located in the beautiful wilderness of Northwest Illinois. We know your children are already pretty great; here is an article to help your children be even a bit more amazinger (that is totally a word…okay, it is now?). Check out the article by Barking Up the Wrong Tree here and see a quick summary below.
- Help Your Kiddos with Balance
- Green zone? All is well, happy, peaceful
- Red zone? Losing control, acting out
- Blue zone? Kids shut down or withdraw
- How to get your child to stay in or get back to green?
- Don’t dismiss emotions
- This distances children from their emotions
- Resilience is a Critical Developmental Characteristic
- Expand the green zone
- Avoid “bubble wrapping” your children
- Sometimes children need to struggle
- Help Your Child Maximize Insight
- Help your children become aware of their feelings
- Label their feelings
- Help them verbalize how they feel
- Empathy is an Important Characteristic to Foster
- Behavior is communication and discipline is teaching
- Draw attention to what others are experiencing
- Use bedtime story time to start the conversation
Source Article: https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2019/09/make-your-kids-amazing/