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The ‘Coping with Lockdown’ Balloon
A Step by Step Guide to Minimising Stress and Maximising Well-being
The accompanying sheet shows the ‘balloon’. The ‘basket’ represents the fears /anxieties that can weigh us down and cause negative emotions (steps 1 & 2) Steps 3 & 4 are about reducing the size / weight of our ‘basket’. The ropes represent things we sometimes do that can tie us down (step 5) and the balloon represents how we can maximise our potential (step 6 – 10).
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A recent study found that 53% of children own a smart phone by the time they are 7 years old – do you think a ‘device’ is affecting your child emotionally?
According to US expert speaker Tony Robbins, we have six basic emotional needs:
- Certainty / Comfort – in a frequently stressful and busy world it’s not surprising that children (and us adults too!) turn to devices as a comfort and escape mechanism. However, certainty can also come from making more enriching daily rituals a priority,
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