Kindness
Kindness can help improve this.
What is mental health or positive outlook.
Being teased, name-calling, and rumors and gossip are the main cause of this among 3rd-6th graders.
What is conflict.
Recognize, Challenge, and Replace are a way to do this.
What is change your thinking/shift your mindset.
This is a way to start off each day saying nice things about yourself to build up your positive mental health.
What are Positive Affirmations.
Looking on the bright side of things is a strategy to do this.
Change your mindset.
Hurtful words or actions can be visualized like this not going back into the container.
What is toothpaste.
Yelling, hitting, bullying, or gossiping are examples of these type of friendship traits.
This is a way to build up good thoughts about yourself so when you have a negative thought you can switch it.
What are positive affirmations.
These are a unique set of rules each person has to help them feel safe. You can think of it like a bubble.
What are boundaries.
Being aware of our feelings and our responses can help us be better one's of these.
What are friends, classmates, people!
Standing by while someone is being teased, laughing at someone being picked on, or doing nothing to stop mistreatment is an example of this type of person.
What is a Bystander.
Friendships are important because it helps combat this.
What is loneliness.
Gloomy thoughts, hype thoughts, and rule thoughts are examples of this type of thinking.
What are negative thoughts.
A way to tell someone they crossed your boundaries and tell them what you need is.
What is an I message.
What is flexible thinking.
Calling out mistreatment or bullying is an example of this type of person.
What is an upstander.
Kindness, sharing, listening, being respectful are all examples of these type of friendship traits.
What are healthy traits.
This challenge a negative thought strategy is when you write down a negative thought and crumple it up and throw it away.
What is Throw it Out.
What is joking.
Being aware of other people's feelings and understanding why they might feel, even though you don't have the same experience is called this.
What is Empathy.
Holding the door open, saying please and thank you, or sitting with someone who is alone at lunch are examples of this.
What are random acts of kindness.
Good friends make us feel this.
What is uplifted, positive, good, etc.
"Mistakes are ok", "Sometimes things are crummy and that's ok", "I will do better next time" are examples of this type of thought to shift mindset.
What are Bright Light Thoughts.
This can be done playfully between friends or family members but can easily hurt someone's feelings if boundaries are not respected.
SEL is an acronym meaning this.
What is Social Emotional Learning.