Guide Your Child Through Hard
Times With Hope

We learned that the value of money originally came from gold that backed it. Today, however, its value comes from the faith in the government and the demand for it.

Value can be very different for different people and in different situations.

Think of something you have that is very valuable to you.

1. Would you be willing to sell it for money?

2. Is there something that you really want but costs a lot of money; do you think it is worth as much as it costs?

Write down your thoughts in your Money Journal!

Let's talk about impulse control – a legit life skill for everyone. Impulse control is stopping yourself from doing something right away, so you can think about it and make a better choice. Picture this: you’re on your phone, and you get sucked into a scroll session instead of tackling that math homework. Impulse control is like your own coach in your mind saying, “Hey, let's think for a sec.”

It can be hard to stop yourself sometimes, but here’s a cool trick: the “Pause-Plan-Play” method. First, hit the pause button on your impulse. Just take a moment to chill. Then, plan out the pros and cons of what you’re about to do. Ask yourself, “Is this going to help me or set me back?” Finally, play it smart – make the choice that’s going to be better for you in the long run.

What exactly needs to be developed to become resilient?

Many agree there are different levels of resilience to be expected at different ages and even in different fields.

For example training on military resilience is very different from how we would discuss it with teens. This course will introduce concepts for variations and provide links to additional information.

For now, we are going to begin with the idea of the 7 Cs mentioned by Coach Reese. Here they are again in case you missed them: Confidence, Competence, Connection, Character, Contribution, Coping, Control.

These seven concepts really summarize where we need to focus our attention to become stronger in certain areas of our lives.

The students will be developing their personal research focusing on one or more of these areas.

You might consider researching along with them. Where do you think you might work a bit more on skills for bouncing back?

1. Self Awareness involves recognizing aspects of who you are as a person. This includes what you think and feel, how you react, and importantly, why.

2. A good practice in developing self-awareness is focusing on your thoughts. What are you thinking? When do you have certain thoughts? Why do you have these thoughts? Are they productive or harmful?

3. We will begin with thinking about thinking. Our brains are the greatest supercomputers ever created. We have so many thoughts and we process them so quickly we are often unaware of their existence.

4. By learning to think about thinking we begin to focus on our thought life, which ultimately becomes our real life.