Joseph
For us, as adults, it’s easy to get discouraged these days. Whether you are a person with a big picture, looking at trends in monitoring technology andGreat Reset“Arrogance, or an ordinary person frustrated by Rising prices and fixed Presentation headache. Many of us have had to draw on our internal resources to stand up to these challenges.
How can we teach children to do the same? How do we teach our children the skill of vital resilience?
Help your kids find their tribe
Many of us found Friendships and family relationships have changed over the past year. I know my kids have dealt with the same thing. With distance education, they can no longer see friends in person. My kids found, after talking online, that many of their friends had widely differing views of what was going on. For example, my kids have had ex-friends telling them that it’s the fault of “people like us” (reluctant to get vaccinated) that old people are all dying.
Helping your children find at least one or two children with similar interests and values is well worth the effort. My daughter has a very like-minded Canadian reporter friend. They don’t match up on a regular basis, but it’s enough for my daughter to know she’s not alone. My kids know that Practice OPSEC In general, but we know two families in the city that we can talk about freely.
Taking care of your mental health will help your children
If you don’t lose it every time the power goes out or the toilet is clogged, it probably won’t either. We had a lot of plumbing problems when I first got into the sewer. I was constantly drowning. There were a lot of tears and frustration at first, but as I got better at managing tampons, it just became a regular chore. These days, kids only tell me about a tampon if it’s amazingly bad. Most of the time, they get the plunger and handle it themselves. No drama.
The same mindset applies in terms of eating habits. If all of your meals are prepared “correctly” at very specific times, your children will see that you are picky about food and will be less prone to changes. I have written before about Rising commodity prices And how most of us will have to make adjustments when it comes to grocery shopping. Again, if you can handle these changes safely and Be mentally flexibleMaybe your kids will, too.
Be honest without being anxious
I’m not a big fan of lying and saying that everything is okay when it’s not. It is important to Teaching children about disasters and crises without scaring them. Adolescents, in general, have good BS detectors. I need to watch my mouth and avoid complaining too much because I don’t want to drag the family with me. I try to be honest, and so far, my kids have coped with the changes in our routine as expected.
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For example, I’ve been making my own bread for over a decade. However, I haven’t been able to find yeast in stores for several months. Luckily one of my neighbors kept the sourdough starter and was willing to share it with me. We’ve been eating sourdough mainly ever since. My kids aren’t crazy about it, but They saw the shelves in the store.
They understand.
Get fit, keep fit
Playing sports It can be a great way to spend quality time with your kids and Learn about their abilities and skill levels. It can be fun to take a friend or two along, to observe how all the children behave with the different group dynamics.
I have three children, and my child’s youngest friend, whom I will call Joseph, is the eldest of three. We invited Joseph for a walk recently. I planned to hike about three miles on a hike. I know my kids can do that because we’ve taken many trips similar to the ones I had planned. I asked Yusuf’s parents what they thought. They were willing to let Joseph give it a shot, but they warned me that he had never done anything like this before, tended to get hot and tired quickly, and might need his inhaler.
I collected plenty of water and snacks and Gatorade and agreed that we would stop as soon as Joseph needed it. Well, Joseph not only did all three miles, but also climbed a lot of rocks along the trail and wanted to climb even more. I had to be the one to call the quit, mostly because I wanted to get home before rush hour.
My father, Joseph, and I learned a lot. We had a good discussion afterwards. When Joseph saw his friend getting along with older and taller teens, I’m sure it motivated him much more than taking a walk with his younger sisters. My kids enjoyed the picnic because Joseph is a really funny and interesting kid. I think Joseph has gained a lot of confidence. We all won.
Choosing entertainment for your kids wisely can help you
I’m on the very strict end, in some ways. My kids have a stupid phone to talk and send pictures to friends. However, there is no Snapchat, TikTok, or Instagram. In general, if we want to mingle with people, we try to meet people in person. Otherwise, we watch DVDs or read books.
One of the nice things about books is that they are not network dependent. People have been spending long winter nights in front of a fire, telling stores for thousands of years. Going back to that wouldn’t be the worst thing if the network went down.
We read a lot of books and find that they provide many topics for conversation.
The right books can give children a great deal of perspective
For example, my teenage daughter complained a lot about me not treating her like an adult and letting her listen to “Adult Conversations. ”
So I let her read Yoonmi Park’s autobiography, for living. It is a well-written book for adults in many ways. It is the true story of a thirteen-year-old girl who escapes from North Korea. My daughter burned with it in two days because she kept wanting to know what would happen next. It is a relatively recent book and you can watch it yunmi park Giving interviews on YouTube to put a woman’s face in the story. My daughter learned a lot about what some people do to survive.
Good books can give children ideas about what to do with their time
Thirty years ago, kids You don’t need an electrical network and the World Wide Web to enjoy your entertainment. I played some computer games when I was younger, but there was a lot of street hockey and outdoor exploration. Reading books about how children lived before can give your children ideas and help them create their own network-independent entertainment.
When most of us think of childhood and adolescence now, we think of school, sports, music, and fun trips. As a parent, this is what I hear most other parents discuss. And I think there’s value to these activities, but we’ve seen in the last year how quickly these things can go away. I would have been devastated if the marching band stopped for me as a high schooler The way the activities of high school students stopped last year.
Nothing beats feeling like a wanted team member
There is always work to be done. The projects you do together depend largely on the ages and abilities of your children and your living situation. Involving children in gardening is an option for many people. Some lucky people like me have a variety From farming projects to keep everyone busy. However, even if you live in a high-rise building, your young children can still help prepare the food.
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Older children can help with meal planning and shopping. If you have a severe shortage of groceries in your area, bringing your kids to the store with you so you can see what’s available and plan accordingly would be very helpful. Try to work as a team, especially if you have teens.
It is important to find meaningful projects to work on together.
It is also important to let your children fail and to let them see that you fail
I find it very unlikely thatback to normal. ” between Vaccine passportsAnd supply chain problemsAnd international tensions and the utter destruction of our currency, I don’t see a way out of our mess without some pain. And it would be extremely naive to think that we could buy all the proper equipment, stock up on ammo, and get out of the zombie apocalypse unscathed. By exposing your children to small, manageable failures and frustrations, they will be better prepared for more significant problems that may arise.
I’ve had a huge fall from grace in my life. I was once a suburban wife and mother, mainly suited to office work and raising children. Then, I found myself alone with my children in a semi-rural area, in an old poorly maintained cottage, living on a fraction of the income I thought I would have at my disposal.
Yes, I have learned a lot over the years, and we now have a comfortable and productive home. But it was a rocky road. Big changes are always painful, and no amount of gear will change that. Your mind will. You will fail your ability to fail and prepare to face the next day.
Your children can be a liability or an asset
Young children are a lot of work. There is no way around it. But if you have children of middle and high school age, they can be your biggest allies if they are adequately prepared. My kids are my biggest support network these days because we’re used to working together. In our downtime, we talk, and I try to help them understand as much as I can.
Selco talks about circuits of survival in this article And you can reach Webinar on the same topic here. Ideally, your children should be in the smallest of the smallest circles. By helping them become more capable and resilient, this will make your little circle better able to handle all that life has to offer.
How do you teach your children to be more flexible?
Are you teaching your children to be resilient something you are working on, or are you trying to protect them from the harsh aspects of life? If you were teaching children to be resilient and strong, what techniques would you use? Do you have any success stories to share? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
Joanna has been homeschooling three children since 2012. In 2014, she moved to High Plains, Colorado. She and her children started out on a small farm, gardening and raising chickens for eggs and meat. He drove one animal to another, and these days they have livestock guard dogs, chickens, geese, ducks, alpacas, goats, pigs and a very spoiled cat.
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