Showing posts with label making friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label making friends. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2015

10 Feeling Sentences to Help Kids





     Help children identify feelings.  Use the sentence completions below as an activity.  Combine the completion activity with a game, small group, or individual activity. 

      Complete the following sentences using a feeling.  Try to use a  different feeling for each sentence.

When someone is rude to me I feel 

_________________________________________________

When someone is kind to me I feel 

_________________________________________________

If I were given a surprise party I would feel 

______________________________________________

When I say something stupid I feel 

________________________________________________________


If someone bullied me on-line I would feel

 ___________________________________________


When all of my friends are out of town I feel

 _____________________________________________


Just before test grades are passed out, I feel

______________________________________________

When I talk to someone I really like I feel 

_________________________________________________

When I am criticized I feel 

____________________________________________________________________

When I win at a sport I feel

 _________________________________________________________________


Can you name different feelings?  Did you think of some of these?

            Angry, mad, sad, depressed, annoyed, happy, elated, terrified, worried, distraught, confused, lonely, excited, stressed, fatigued, anxious, nervous, belittled, surprised, relaxed, frustrated, degraded




Grace Wilhelm is a National Board Certified Counselor with experience in mental health and school counseling.  She enthusiastically presents to counselors, teachers, youth workers, and parents on anger, stress, crises intervention, communication, data, counseling programs, play sessions, and more. 

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Friday, June 20, 2014

How to be lonely in a world of seven billion people






 We are becoming a society that depends on technology for conversation without relationships.  
We are making friends without friendships. 
We are playing games without people interaction.
We are in groups without relationships. 
The biggest problem is the affect this is having on the children of today. 
They don't know how to play. 
They don't know how to have relationships. 
They don't know how to interact and communicate.  
We are becoming a mass of people in a world of SEVEN BILLION and too many suffer from loneliness, no friends, no relationships.
We must learn to create and keep relationships. 
We must reach out and learn to become vulnerable. 
We must learn to reach and need each other.  
We must learn to interact and be with humans, not things.  
We must learn to do this because it is now affecting our children in a way that is not mentally, emotionally, or physically healthy. 




Look Up is a spoken word for the “online” generation. Written, performed and directed by Gary Turk, it is an extremely important life lesson for our youth.  Children are growing up in a world where they don’t play outside or communicate with their friends. It seems today everything is done via text message or over the internet.



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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Stressors of Teens



A Handout for Parents


To Parents


Stressors of Teens

            Stressors of teens are the things that teenagers worry about or that cause them to have stress in their lives.  All of us have healthy amounts of stress in our lives.  When the levels of stress become too high, we have problems functioning on a daily basis.  Everyone has problems, but when we have trouble dealing with those problems it is because of too much stress in our lives.  It is the way that we deal with our problems that makes the difference. 

Death
            Of a parent, relative, friend, classmate, war, accidents
Fear of death
              Fear of car accident, dying at an early age, death of grandparents or parents, storms,   hurricanes
Health problems
            Of parents, siblings, friends, classmates, self, relatives
Parents
            Remarriage, separation, divorce, death of a parent, prison, substance abuse,
            Discipline, expectations, communication
Loss of a Relationship
            Because of divorce, death, boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, moving
Safety Concerns
Fear of harassment, stealing, violence in neighborhood or school, bullies, drugs,    gangs
School
            Grades, teachers, parental expectations, illiteracy as a teen, test taking, post high school plans, job, college, money, changing schools
Relationships with Parents or Authority
            Abuse problems, conflict, fighting, expectations in school, sports, homework, chores
Relationships with Peers
            Social concerns, lack of academic ability (reading and math skills), weight, humiliation, acne, disability, money, financial problems of parents, drug abuse of self or parents, loneliness, feeling as if there is no one to talk to, arguments
Sexual problems
            Getting AIDS, getting STD, getting pregnant, concerns about virginity, not having a significant other, sexual identity, fear of parents finding out


                                                                                    G. Wilhelm
                                                                                    2014

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Good Friendships Help Reduce Stress



          What makes a good friend?

 

  Friendships change quickly for many reasons.  People move way, change schools, or simply change their ways.  Keeping old friendships is important and making new friends is just as important.  Use this self-assessment to rate how you are doing as a friend.  

                            5 – Always   4 – Most of the time   3 – Sometimes  
                               2 – Not Much of the Time           1 - Never
           

____ 1.  I share my thoughts and ideas with my friends.
____ 2.  I share my belongings with my friends.
____ 3.  When I disagree with my friend, I listen to their side.
____ 4.  I offer to help my friends when they have a problem.
            ____ 5.  When my friend does something wrong, I tell the truth about it rather than                          hide it.
____ 6.  I am honest with my friends.
____ 7.  I laugh when we are together, but I do not laugh at my friends.
____ 8.  I do not tell the secrets my friends tell me.
____ 9.  I tell my friends when I need help.
____ 10.  I am not jealous or possessive when my friends have other friends.
____ 11.  I do not stay mad with my friends or carry a grudge. 
____12.  I am cooperative with my friends.  I tell my friends what is right and when                        I know their behavior is wrong. 


What do you need to do to be a better friend?  _____________________________

__________________________________________________________________


What do you do that makes you a good friend? ____________________________


Who is a good friend to you?  ___________________________________________

What makes that person a good friend?  ___________________________________

___________________________________________________________________


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