{"id":3684,"date":"2009-07-27T06:24:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T06:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2021-04-08T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T11:36:42","slug":"what-can-you-do-to-help-young-people-handle-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/parents-ministry\/what-can-you-do-to-help-young-people-handle-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you do to help young people handle disappointment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some suggestions to help parents and youth workers to effectively teach young people how to handle disappointments that occur in their daily lives:<\/p>\n

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  1. Try to see situations from the child\u2019s point of view as well as your own.<\/li>\n
  2. If you are responsible for setting up an expectation the child has, then own that and take steps to set up and expectation that is better for both of you.<\/li>\n
  3. To make the change to more realistic expectations validate the child\u2019s feelings of disappointment<\/li>\n
  4. Relate a time when you experienced disappointment<\/li>\n
  5. Verbalise the feelings. Show the child the words that describe the feeling as this will help them describe theirs.<\/li>\n
  6. Enable the child to see that our feelings do not have to equal our actions.
    \nAsk questions like:<\/p>\n