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Help Your Child Cope with Teasing
Use this activity to get your child to talk about how it feels to be teased and work together to create coping strategies.
Before You Play
Explain that teasing happens to a lot of children and share any of your own experiences. Ask your child to talk about a time when someone might have teased them. Ask: “How did it make you feel? How did you react? Can you think of another way you could have handled the situation?”
Materials
Directions
Give your child two paper circles and a crayon. Draw a happy face on one circle and an angry or sad face on the other circle.
Describe a situation and ask your child to hold up the appropriate face to show how they would feel. Here are some examples:
How would you feel if your best friend invited you to a party?
How would you feel if no one would let you use the swing?
How would you feel if you and your friends build a beautiful sandcastle together?
How would you feel if some kids started teasing you by saying you were a baby?
Ask: “What can you do or say when someone teases you?” Write down your child’s ideas on paper.
After gathering suggestions, you may want to simplify ideas into a three-step approach. For example:
Say: Please stop it. I don’t like it.
Say: I’m going to tell a teacher/parent.
Tell the teacher/parent.
Emotions & Self-Awareness
Social Skills
Character
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- Craft
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