Activities

Watch this video and create a drawing with your kids depicting how they would say 'No'.

Use the BrainAbouts Resisting Social Pressure handout to learn more.

Kimochis® is the Japanese word for feeling. Find free resources at the Kimochis®website to use for journal or creating emotional art.

Use the BrainAbouts Resisting Social Pressure handout to generate discussions with kids.

Listen to a Buddhist meditation about the impermanence of emotion.

Use the temperature gauge to raise awareness regarding what feelings are most difficult to cope with and the corresponding coping mechanisms you can practice. 

Family Ties That Bind: A Self-Help Guide to Change Through Family of Origin Therapy by Ronald W. Richardson, IV (2011)

Read research about preventing Adverse Childhood Events from the CDC's website.

Teach students the aspects of resiliency by taking a quiz.

Learn about the fixed and rigid roles that develop when families become unhealthy or dysfunctional.