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Courageous Spaces: Congregations that Listen, Lament & Repair: Including Children & Teens

Intergenerational, church-wide resources to inspire listening to one another's stories, lamenting injustices, and graciously moving into greater trust and a deeper sense of belonging in God's Beloved Community.

Welcome

Welcome to the Courageous Spaces: Including Children & Teens page.

For additional resources on Emotional Awareness, please see the Mindfulness/Spiritual Practices tab and/or our Mindfulness lib guide.

Websites/Organizations

HELP CREATE A TOOLBOX OF COPING STRATEGIES KIDS CAN DRAW FROM!

Includes:

  • Calming Techniques: Discover calm down strategies that will help kids develop better responses to these powerful feelings.

  • Coping Skills: Learn the basics of anger and anxiety, identify triggers, and recognize how anger and anxiety feel in the body.

  • Reframing Thoughts: Unearth communication essentials in a fun and interactive format so kids can communicate feelings, needs, and wants.

Mindfulness with Young People

Breathe and Be     How to Train Your Pet Brain     Pause, Breathe, Be: A Kid's 30-Day Guide to Peace and Presence

In Our Library - Intergenerational Mindfulness

Eek! Said Amy     A Handful of Quiet     Paperback A Million Visions of Peace: Wisdom from the Friends of Old Turtle Book          Sitting Still Like a Frog

How-To's

Faithful Conversations on Tough Topics
How to bring faith into the hard conversations with your children

By Traci Smith, shared with permission

Traci shares the following tips:

  1. Begin with Honesty & Vulnerability
  2. Use Simple, Grounding Rituals
  3. Lean into Scripture Stories and Faith Practices
  4. Don't Be Afraid of Silence
  5. Offer Hope, Not Certainty

Read the full article for more.

Books for Children

The Boy with Big, Big Feelings     The Girl with Big, Big Questions     God Made All Your Feelings     The Kid with Big, Big Ideas     Look Inside Simon and the Big, Bad, Angry Beasts     Cover of Something Happened in Our Park     Sometimes I Am Hot Lava     The Sound of Kindness          We Accept No     Picture of What Do You Say to a Dragon??     What to Do When the News Scares You

Books for Tweens & Teens

Chapter Books to Encourage Mindfulness & Gratitude          A Place Inside of Me     The Struggle to Be Strong: True Stories by Teens about Overcoming Tough Times image number 0

In Our Library

Cory and the Seventh Story by Brian D. Mclaren, Gareth Higgins     Everyone Gets Upset: A Book about Frustration     God's Dream by Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams     Old Turtle And The Broken Truth