Listen to discover how to help yourself and kids every day with every kind of upset. Use the strategies you like best and if you need a reminder, they’re all in the book, The Kid Code. The Kid Code teachers have simple and short online classes that teach the codes to you, too at www.TheKidCode.ca A few reminders are:
-\tWhen you come to the Y in the road, the moment of upset offers two opportunities, either consciously take happy street or stay on sad/mad street. Tell the upset, “You’re not the boss of me.” Yes, adults can do this strategy and say that too.
-\tBless yourself for your mistake if you let the emotion control you by saying and feeling the truth of the words, “I matter more than the mistake,” and them make the mistake right by apologizing to another person or doing whatever is necessary.
-\tThe tantrum tamer.
-\tThe turnaround.
-\tNatural consequences.
-\tDiverting to Divinity
-\tGrumpy to Grateful
-\tI am that.
-\tPower struggles.
-\tBullyProof Yourself and Your Kids
-\tand many more…
In addition to a Comfy Corner Calming Sheet, you can write some encouraging messages on the other side. Here are some examples that Amanda wrote for her daughter to refer to when she felt upset:
Some other encouraging notes you can write to your kids that they can read to help them self-regulate are:
What other things might you tell your child to encourage him or her?
So make this hard work easier for you and your kids with some comfy corner calming sheets!
Show Notes
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