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How to Make a Courage Kit for a Scared Child
Short videos for building the kit that helps a child feel brave.
How this collection works
- Who watches this
- You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
- When
- Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
- What each beat is for
- Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
The collection · 3 videos
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How to Make a Calm Down Kit at Five Below
Janine Halloran · 5 min
A coping-skills counselor on what to actually put in the kit — and the trick that makes a child use it.
Takeaway
Pack for the senses — something to squeeze, something to look at, something to do — and let the child help choose it. A kit they helped build is a kit they'll reach for.
Reflection
01
List the three or four things you'll put in the kit first — one to squeeze, one to look at, one to do — using what you already know calms this child.
02
Set aside ten minutes this week to assemble it together, and let the child pick at least one item themselves.
03
Decide where the kit will live so it's within the child's reach the moment they need it, not in a closet you have to fetch.
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