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Blog for Children

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Hey kids its ANFI here again! Last time we chatted about how this situation with Coronavirus may be causing our brain’s alarm system to switch on, and that this might cause us to experience some big feelings of worry, sadness and maybe even fear.

We looked at the fact that “We are not alone in these feelings”. For today let’s watch this video together, and learn more about how our body’s alarm system works. This video by Carolyn Seri might help us understand what happens to our brain and body when we feel scared.

Anxiety Management for kids

As we have learnt today, our brain’s alarm system is designed to keep us safe, however it might be so good at doing that sometimes it responds when were are not in actual danger. Over the last couple of months, our brain might have started to see the outside world as scary and dangerous because of Coronavirus. Soon we will be asked to return to our schools, and go back into the world outside of our home. Our brain might need to take some time to adjust at not sending our body into a fight, flight or freeze response. Until then, like Dilly showed us in the video, it’s important to pay attention to what we are feeling, and how much we are feeling it. It’s also important that we share this with the safe adults in your life.

Let's all do an art activity together today:

1- Title: Safe Adults

2- Materials needed: white paper and colouring in pencils. (Optional: Craft decorations)

3- Activity: