Parental Resilience
Name three ways to calm yourself down when emotions are heightened.
What is breathing, taking a step away, self-care, affirmations, prayer, mindfulness, etc.
This daily practice such as bedtime routines helps children feel safe, calm, and prepared for transitions.
What are consistent routines/consistency?
Who should you contact first about scheduling a shopping appointment?
What is Tiffany, Jashayla, or Amanda (caseworkers).
True or false- Before your child speaks, the only way they communicate is by crying?
What is false? Babies express themselves in many ways from laughing and smiling to show enjoyment, to crying and wiggling to show discomfort.
True or false: Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
True! It's called cloacal respiration, and it helps them survive underwater during long, cold, winters.
Understanding one's own triggers and stress signals is part of this self-awareness skill that supports resilience.
What is emotional regulation?
Parents show this key parenting skill when they get down to a child's eye level, listen, and repeat back what they hear.
What is active listening/mirroring?
When is this years Christmas shopping date?
What is Friday December 12th?
At what age do most babies say their first meaningful words?
What is around 10-14 months
Relatively what size is a blue whales heart?
What is the size of a small car?
Name two forms of physical self-care.
What is exercising, going for a walk, eating nourishing food, getting enough sleep, showering, etc.
True or false- children learn more quickly from punishment than they do from consequences.
False- While it's true that punishment might get a quicker response in a specific instance, it's the consistent implementation of consequences that produces long-term behavior change in children. With punishment the child is more likely to focus on you, your behavior, or your anger rather than on themselves and the result of the choice they made. Consequences make the child think about the cause-and-effect relationship between their behavior and the consequences followed. Consequences are directly connected with the behavior whereas punishment is often unrelated or disproportionate to the behavior.
What is Catholic Charities of central Florida, Salvation Army, Lighthouse Ministries, New Testament Church and Mission?
What are key social skills developed during preschool years?
What is sharing, turn-taking, cooperative play, and understanding simple rules.
What is a relative to the manatee we commonly find in Florida?
What is an elephant?
Parents who view challenges as opportunities to learn and grow are using this positive mental approach.
What is a growth mindset?
A parent admits they made a mistake, apologizes, and models how to make it right. This strengthens the relationship through this behavior.
What is modeling accountability?
How far in advance do you need to book a shopping appointment?
What is 2 days?
Why do toddlers have tantrums and when do these tantrums peak?
What is because they lack emotional regulation skills and have limited language to express frustration. Tantrums peak between 18-36 months.
What state is the lightning capital of the world?
What is Florida?
This proves helps parents stay resilient by re-examining their expectations for themselves and their children, especially when situations change.
What is adjusting or reframing expectations?
Where do a child's actions stem from and how can we address them?
What is the child's thoughts and feelings? What is asking questions about intention and emotions?
What other programs does OMC provide, name at least one?
What is single moms housing, resources for victims of sex trafficking, what is private foster care, what is global relief?
How/when does a child develop empathy?
What is by mirroring parents' response/teaching it? Infants and toddlers learn the most by how their parents treat them when they are cranky, frightened, or upset. Explain why something is okay/not okay rather than just telling the child not to do/say something. Ask hypotheticals. By the time a kid is 8 they can grapple with more complex moral decisions which he might realize someone's feelings may be different than his own.
What exotic tropical bird is native to Florida?
What are flamingos?