5 Activities to cope with stress for Teenagers

I bet these powerful and mindful activities give your child a new direction to express their thoughts.

It will give them the power to cope with the stress they store in their body. These activities are not so new but when you think differently about these activities it will blow your mind.

But here is the reminder these activities are for stress busters so let them choose which activity to do and how much time for it.

Don’t pressure your children to do these activities as they are in their teenage, now they like to make decisions for themselves. Just give them exposure and let them choose.

If they need help or guidance contact your nearby specialist in these activities or find them in the online community.

These 5 activities are not only activities, they are like therapy.

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The therapy, that helps them to self-heal and improve their personality. Those difficult emotions like anger, frustration, and embarrassment, create a negative aura around them.

These activities help them to cleanse themselves from the inside and help them to grow to their potential.

Doodling

Doodling, yeah doodling is a great way to reduce stress. Doodling has a calming effect on your children. It helps to express their tough emotion through art.

When they scribble and doodle the body is involved in fine motor skills which involve their mind and hand activities. Those movements help children to remove all the negative emotions that could be stored in their bodies and create a negative effect in the long run.

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Finger Painting

When a child paint with their bare hands they come into contact with different textures like paint, and different surfaces like canvas, stone, brick, etc.

These art forms have many color palettes in use and they work like color therapy where a person chooses different colors according to their emotions.

It also gives the teenager the space they want to express their emotions and the rebellious thoughts that are obvious at this age.

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Clay modeling

Clay modeling is also work as art as it has clay to play with a natural ingredient that helps your children to heal.

As I always say nature has a healing power.

Clay modeling helps them to be more concentrated and focused. This practice improves their concentration time in study. Which means they can now focus better and perform well academically.

Journaling

Journaling is also a great way to express what they are going through. You can find different kinds of journals for specific action and guidance to better understanding in the beginning.

By journaling they can keep track of their emotional and behavioral pattern which helps them to monitor their mental well-being.

Journaling gives your child the freedom to express their emotions with no fear of being judged.

Mandala Art

Mandala Art is with us from the 4^th century, the beautiful art is like a reflection of the universe.

Its geometric design looks like a perfectly imperfect nature.

When your child is involved in doing mandala art, it empowers the mind to focus and concentrate through the design and colors.

This can be helpful in their academic performance and career.

You can encourage your child by taking them workshops nearby you or can introduce them to online classes where they can try as a beginner, and experience the magic of the art.

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Reminders

• These activities are for relaxing and stress buster. They work like therapy and not medical treatment. It could be used as a stress buster and not replace the actual treatment of extreme stress.
• These activities are for stress-busting but if you force your child to do without their interest it has no positive effect at all.
• Don’t make your child do all the activities at the same time. Let them explore and choose what they like.
• In the beginning, your child may not perform well but eventually, they will learn. So, don’t pressure them to be experts. Let them do it at their own pace.

Conclusion

There are two types of stress, destress and eustress. Distress comes when a person experiences negative and/or difficult situations to cope with and eustress comes when a person experiences a thrill in the situation.

Children’s life has more exposure to destress instead of eustress. That is the reason behind focusing on the well-being of our children and leading them to mindful and healthy lifestyles to make their lives more meaningful.

Add any of the activities to cope with stress in your child’s schedule and give them tools to deal positively with the stress. You can also add these activities to do as a stress buster.

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