Relating To Your Child
Find tips on helping your child manage emotions, handle exam stress, and build emotional well-being.
Relating To Your Child
Feelings Thermometer: A Helpful Tool for You and Your Child
We often use the thermometer to understand one’s current physical health, but did you know that it could be applied as a tool to measure feelings as well? The Feelings Thermometer is a visual scaling and research-based tool that can help children to
Build self-awareness
Manage their feelings
Develop perspectives
Using a Feelings Thermometer, children learn to identify what they are feeling, and understand the intensity of the feeling. It helps them to see when they are escalating and learn to use a coping skill to manage the feeling!
In support of the Race to Praise Campaign by Focus on The Family SG, we would like to encourage you to connect and affirm your child this Children’s Day! In our October school bulletin, we have distributed an activity sheet, which provides a meaningful opportunity for you child to discuss about emotions and how to manage small, medium or big emotions.
Research suggests that emotional intelligence is perhaps the most important factor in academic success, job performance and life success
You may also visit their website to complete a short quiz that will help you discover the strength of your emotional connectedness with your children.
If you are interested to learn more, please visit campaigns.family.org.sg/race-to-praise/ (opens in new tab) for more parenting resources and programmes.
How To Help Your Child Relax?
Is your child feeling stressed about the exams? In fact, some stress can be good too. Eustress is a positive form of stress that can be beneficial and help us grow and perform. Please click here to read more.
Try these tips and remind your child… “You can do it! Just take a deep breath and relax”
How To Help Your Child Beat Exam Stress?
Psychologists have observed that often, academic-related anxieties and its ensuing effect on a child's life stem from parents who, consciously or not, offload it on their child.
Please click here to read some tips on how you can help your child cope with exam pressure!
What To Do If My Child Is Stressed?
There can be times when exam and daily stresses/challenges may be too much for your child.
Parents should be on the lookout for early warning signs of stress in your child so that support can be rendered to help him/her cope better. Please click here to learn more.
Other Resources and Helplines
Support Services and Helplines for Students and Families
Tinkle Friend Helpline | Tinkle Friend Online Chat |
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Samaritans of Singapore Helpline | Parent Line |
Family Service Centre Hotline | Comcare |