You are home alone and the power goes out for 4 hours.
Medium Problem
Your ride is late.
What is a medium problem.
Emily throws herself on the ground when she finds out there are no M&Ms left in the cupboard.
What is reaction does not match the problem.
Mikey takes a deep breath when he feels himself getting silly.
What is a deep breath!
Suzy asks for directions when she needs to get to the bus stop.
What is asking for help.
You don't have any clean socks.
Small Problem
You decide to go for a walk in the park. You meet someone and wave and talk a little as you pass each other on the walking path. The person asks you to go somewhere with them in their car.
Big Problem
Alan hits his friend when he cannot find the food he wants to eat.
What is reaction does not match the problem.
Dan tells himself that it doesn't matter if Sara says yes to going on a date, I'll be disappointed but okay.
What is self-talk!
Sara throws her book across the room when someone gets in her personal space.
What is bad solution...what's a better one?
There is a fire.
Big Problem
The store is crowded and a person accidentally bumped your arm and did not apologize. You did not fall over and you did not get hurt.
Small problem.
Robert begins to cry because his bus is late.
What is the reaction does not match the problem.
Abby squeezes a stress ball when she's feeling anxious/nervous in the yellow.
What is squeezes
Sam throws his lunch at his staff when she gives him too little tater tots and he refuses to eat anything.
What is a bad solution, what can he do?
Abby asks for help when she can't find a snack.
What is reaction matches the problem!
Mikey see's that he is annoying his friends so he apologizes and takes a deep breath next time he is starting to feel silly.
What is a good solution, what is the problem?
The milkshake machine is off at McDonalds, so you can't have one.
What is a small problem.
Emily colors or crafts when she's having a rough day.
What is reaction matches the problem?
Emily gets up and turns off the lights at home to help her head feel better after she had a hard day at work.
What is turning lights down.