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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





