2. Helping your daughter cope with STUDY STRESS! & make decision

3. WANTED : PARENTS Job Description : -Hours : Limitless -Time off : Virtually none -Payment : Usually none -Sick pay cover : none -Training : Minimal or near to none -Working Condition : No legal control -Skills required : Unlimited. Applicants should be willing to take over cooking, cleaning, washing, nursing, teaching taxi-driving, first aid, ironing, blame taking etc….. -Responsibilities : Enormous… THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION!

5. WHAT IS STRESS? Stress is our response to situations we perceive to be threatening or demanding Stress can be dealt with however it is sometimes a challenge..

6. Eustress is the positive stress which motivates our everyday actions Distress can be defined as “a real or imagined imbalance between the demands on the individual or family and the individual’s or family’s ability to meet those demands.” TYPES OF STRESS?

7. Level of PERFORMANCE Level of STRESS OPTIMAL HighLow

8. SOURCES OF STRESS School Family Friends (peer pressure) Self Environment

9. SIGNS OF STRESS Physical Emotional Mental Behavioural

10. STRESS MANAGEMENT Positive Listening to music Beach Exercise Sleep Talk it out

11. Negative Violence (scold, vent anger, beat up) Eat and Shop Alcohol/drug/smoke (addiction) Medication Suicide

12. TIPS FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT (5-A METHOD IN STRESS MANAGEMENT) Awareness of stress and its effects Analysis of own level of stress Accountability Acceptance of self and one’s limitations Adaptability

13. Three roles parents can play to help your child cope with Stress 1. Coach -Know your child’s learning ability and style -Quality revision -Conducive learning environment -Work out a revision time table -Be realistic with your expectation -Interact and communicate with your child

14. 2. Cheerleader Motivating your child through -Affirmation : recognise effort -Praise -Reward -Encouragement

15. 3. “Counsellor” -Allow failure -Stand by your child : Be there for them -Focus on their strength : Do not compare -Problem solve with child

16. http://stress.about.com/od/studentstress/ht/sc hoolstress.html http://www.twu.edu/o- sl/counseling/SH007.html http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/stress?ivN PA=1&sky=ggl|hco|wb|stress|PPCA3BEa|c

17. Love is either conditional or unconditional. If it is attached with condition, it is not really love, it is just merely offering

18. You cannot please your kids all the time. You have to be prepared for your kids to misunderstand you and dislike you at times.

19. CONCLUSION It takes the right amount of tension in the strings of a violin to produce good music; if its too much tension, it will snap! Allow the stress to bring out the best in you!