Use the Five Rs

Dr. Stuart Shanker from The MEHRIT Centre talks about five Rs for teaching self-regulation to teens. (1) Reframe: remind your teen to look at their behavior from different angles. (2) Recognize the five kinds of stress and know which one you’re dealing with: physical, emotional, cognitive (thinking), social, and pro-social (stress over someone else’s distress). (3) Reduce the amount of stress in your life. (4) Reflect by recognizing and acknowledging feelings. And (5) Respond with positive, self-regulating behavior. These five terms combine into a group of strategies for teaching and supporting self-regulation that parents can learn and offer their teens.

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