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Brain Stress Answers

6. We aim for children to be in the ‘yellow’ – this

means their needs are being met just right and natural feel

good chemicals are being released into their body. As a

result, they feel great and find it easy to engage, focus,

work with others and problem solve.

Inevitably, stressors will come our way – it is part of life.

We call these regular stressors, ‘blue stress’.

It is a normal part of life to experience some stress and as

long as we get the support we need, the blue stress levels

reduce back down and we feel good again. This is our stress

responses system working just as it should be.