Day 30 - Boys Town - Daily Dose of Digital Support

Today, family members are being asked to remain in the same place ALL THE TIME with each other. With most of the usual outlets that parents and kids enjoy unavailable to them, there is bound to be tension, conflict and situations when tempers escalate, boil over and blow. When this happens, it can be hard for you to respond with a calm, cool head. But an important component to effective parenting involves modeling calmness and responding in ways that teach kids what it looks like to remain in control during difficult times. A good way to do this is to proactively develop an action plan about how to deal with those times when kids blow their tops. To help with that, here is a self-calming plan that allows you to work through the steps to keeping things cool in your home.

Keeping a hopeful outlook  It has been a long few weeks since the crisis began. Now that many of us have been stuck at home for a while, it can feel like the hours and days crawl along at a glacial pace. This can cause people to get down and lose hope that the current situation will eventually pass and life will get better. When you feel like this, it’s a signal to do something to lift your spirits. Here are 20 practical questions to ask yourself that can help you avoid going down the road of despair and instead regain an optimistic and hopeful outlook.