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You hear a lot about burnout these days, especially with the economy causing over-employment, when companies don't replenish vacated positions and the workload falls to those who remain. Can the stress that parents feel from over-employment, under-employment, or job loss be a major factor in kids' stress? A new study says yes. | |
Parents' Stress Brings Kids' Stress
And ways to avoid it  A New York Times article addresses the topic of Finnish children under stress. It says that same-gender parents' stress has a great impact on the girls, and on the boys. It seems to make sense. Boys are looking to their dads for hints on how to become men. Girls are doing likewise with their moms and becoming women. If the parents are under a great deal of stress, the modeling of stress is a natural follow-up.
What the article doesn't discuss is how the interactions between parents and kids affect the children's physiology. It's not a realistic expectation to be stressed during the day, whether at work or in life, to come home and exhibit the stress by a lack of patience, and then to expect children to behave well. Kids (especially intense ones) pick up on parents' stress through body language, tone of voice, urgency, and parental demands. Their natural reaction is to lash out or run away (which sometimes means withdraw.)
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Don't miss Tina's upcoming presentations of Transforming the Challenging Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach, where parents, teachers, child care providers, and mental health professionals can learn to bring out the best in challenging children, even when it didn't seem possible! Call today to book a presentation: 651-453-0123.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Anoka Community Education
2727 Ferry St., Anoka, MN
Tina's book is included in registration - open to the public
Thursday, February 12, 2010 9 a.m.
All Staff Training at International School of Minnesota
Eden Prairie, MN
Thursday, February 12, noon
Cargill Corporation Headquarters - Family Friday for employees and friends
Saturday, February 20, 2010 11 a.m.-12 noon
Twin Cities Academy Parent Fair
835 E. 5th St., St. Paul, MN - open to the public
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Midwest Conference on Child and Adolescent Behaviors
Cragun's Resort, Brainerd
Monday, March 15 NW Parent and Family Education Conference
Vancouver, WA
March 24, 25, 26 All Day
Minnesota Social Service Association Annual Conference
Specific presentation time to be announced
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Waconia ECFE, Bayview Elementary School
Thursday, April 15, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Lake City, MN, Bluffview Elementary School - open to the public
Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24 - Times to be determined UW-Stout Early Childhood Conference
Menomonie, WI
Friday, June 11, 2010 3-5 p.m.
North American Society of Adlerian Professionals Annual Conference
Ramada Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
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Center for the Challenging Child, LLC |
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