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Teaching Your Child
Coping Skills
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 Self-Destructive
Coping Skills |
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 Acting
Out (Angry, impulsive or inappropriate behavior) |
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Alcohol or drug abuse |
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Passive behavior (withdrawn,
lethargic) |
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Dramatic change in eating habits |
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Dramatic change in sleeping
habits |
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Dramatic personality changes |
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Mood Swings (from one extreme to
the other) |
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Extreme decline in school (over a
short period of time) |
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Inability to concentrate |
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Loss of friends, fear of peers
(making friends) |
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Clues to
Suicidal Thoughts
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Excessive fear of
change/separation (Grade School to Jr. High,
Jr. High to
High School, High School to College) |
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Helplessness |
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Hopelessness |
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Obsession with
death (talking, thinking, writing) |
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Definite plan
(making a will, giving away possessions) |
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Healthy Coping Skills
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is our job as parents to teach our children
healthy coping skills. Unfortunately, in order
for our children to learn healthy coping skills,
they must encounter negative situations ON THEIR
OWN and learn how to deal with them. |
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What parents can do to
help:
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Never
solve a problem for them |
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Ask
them questions: What did YOU do? What did YOU do
to create this situation? |
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Help
them know that THEY have control and only THEY
can slove the problem by taking ACTION on their
own behalf. |
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Healthy Coping Skills
Are:
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Knowing
that we control our lives. |
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If
we have conflict or failure, we can change the
situation (There is no such thing as a mistake.
If we learn something - it is a LESSON). |
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If
we can't get what we want, we can make a
situation the best it can be. |
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Sometimes
we have to ACCEPT that a situation IS the best it
can be. |
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Accepting
an unfortunate situation causes us pain because
we don't want to lose something we want. |
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Pain
is temporary; IT PASSES WITH TIME. |
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