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Help children learn to tolerate



                                           unpleasant feelings








                               Panic Zone                                           It takes practise to stay in the Growth

                                                                                    Zone and surf the urge to fight or


                             Growth Zone                                            flight.




                                   Comfort                                          For example, how long can they

                                       Zone

                                                                                    tolerate a repetitive task? A


                                                                                    frustrating task? Try for 1 minute,
                               Dopamine


                                                                                    celebrate, now 2 minutes and so on.

                  Tolerable Stress

                                                                                    It takes practice to increase tolerance



                                                                                    – one baby step at a time.
       Intolerable Stress
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