Family Follow up

Today we learned about physical, emotional, and behavioral responses to stress. Given several examples, we talked about how they are all related.

Examples of physical responses: rapid heart beat, stuttering

Examples of emotional responses: feeling sad, feeling angry

Examples of behavioral responses: Arguing with parents, "blowing up",

Tonight: Provide examples of physical, emotional, and behavioral responses to stress that you have experienced. Then ask your teen to do the same.

Example: "I know I am stressed when I start cleaning things that don’t really need to be cleaned. Usually while I am stressed and cleaning, my heart is beating pretty fast and I am probably a little more irritable—it is easier to make me upset.”