With so much going on around the world right now, it’s not unusual that the news are rattling up emotions for everyone at home. We as adults, have (hopefully) found a series of mechanisms to help us calm down and self-regulate. But, for many children, the story is different.
Whether it’s the global politics climate or actual climate changes that may cause your child to feel anxious. It’s important that parents empathize and recognize these feelings. But, even more crucial, is that parents teach their kids how to calm down during these stressful events.
Children, especially younger ones, don’t have the resources to identify, manage and express their emotions accurately. When they perceive danger, their brains sends a message to their bodies they must prepare. The danger may come from stress between the parents or an actual avent, such as thunderstorms or loss of electricity. This provokes what we know as choosing one of the 3F’s: fight, flight or freeze.
Play has the flexibility that any toy – or any material – can serve the purpose of the person who is using it. You can use play as an educational tool, a recreative one and even a regulating resource.
[For more of this story, written by Mariana Plata, go to https://blogs.psychcentral.com...motionally-regulate/]
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