Helping your daughter cope with

STUDY

STRESS!& make decision

WANTED : PARENTSJob Description :-Hours : Limitless-Time off : Virtually none-Payment : Usually none-Sick pay cover : none-Training : Minimal or near to none-Working Condition : No legal control-Skills required : Unlimited. Applicants should be willing to

take over cooking, cleaning, washing, nursing, teaching taxi-driving, first aid, ironing, blame taking etc…..

-Responsibilities : Enormous…THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION!

WHAT IS STRESS?• Stress is our response to situations we

perceive to be threatening or demanding

• Stress can be dealt with however it is sometimes a challenge..

• Eustress is the positive stress which motivates our everyday actions

• Distress can be defined as “a real or imagined imbalance between the demands on the individual or family and the individual’s or family’s ability to meet those demands.”

TYPES OF STRESS?

Level of PERFORMANCE

Level of STRESS

OPTIMAL HighLow

SOURCES OF STRESS

• School

• Family

• Friends (peer pressure)

• Self

• Environment

SIGNS OF STRESS

• Physical

• Emotional

• Mental

• Behavioural

TIPS FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT (5-A METHOD IN STRESS MANAGEMENT)

• Awareness of stress and its effects

• Analysis of own level of stress

• Accountability

• Acceptance of self and one’s limitations

• Adaptability

Three roles parents can play to help your child cope with Stress

1. Coach-Know your child’s learning ability and style

-Quality revision

-Conducive learning environment

-Work out a revision time table

-Be realistic with your expectation

-Interact and communicate with your child

2. CheerleaderMotivating your child through

-Affirmation : recognise effort

-Praise

-Reward

-Encouragement

3. “Counsellor”-Allow failure

-Stand by your child : Be there for them

-Focus on their strength : Do not compare

-Problem solve with child

• http://stress.about.com/od/studentstress/ht/schoolstress.html

• http://www.twu.edu/o-sl/counseling/SH007.html

• http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/stress?ivNPA=1&sky=ggl|hco|wb|stress|PPCA3BEa|c

Love is either conditional or

unconditional. If it is attached with

condition, it is not really love, it is just

merely offering

You cannot please your kids all the time. You have to be prepared for your kids to misunderstand you and dislike you at times.

CONCLUSIONIt takes the right amount of

tension in the strings of a violin to produce good music; if its too much tension, it will

snap!

Allow the stress to bring out the best in you!