【推荐1】Natural disasters can cause people’s fears at any age.     1    , but you do have lots of influence on how your children may face the possible disasters. Let’s see how to talk to your children about natural disasters correctly.

● Be honest

When there is information about natural disasters, try not to hide it.     2    . They may want to know more about where the natural disaster is and the path that it is on. Give proper explanations or even check books out from the library.

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Ask your children what they are nervous about so that you can solve their concerns. Deal with any of their fears, big or small, and provide some kind of comfort. Whether these disasters are happening far away or close to home, they need to know that you will keep them safe.

● Make a plan for your family

There is no place on Earth that is free from possibly suffering some type of natural disaster. All families should have a disaster plan and emergency supplies at home. Create a family safety plan, and share it with your children.     4    .

● Talk about the helpers

    5    . The idea that firefighters, paramedics (护理人员), and other disaster service workers will be there to help in case of an emergency helps children take away some of the anxiety.

【推荐2】Having an off day when you feel stressed or sad is totally normal.    1    We’ve put together some different things you can try to help turn your mood around and get feeling like yourself again.

Take a few minutes to breathe deeply. The simple action of taking full, deep breaths can help you start to feel better. Deep breathing increases oxygen supply throughout the body.     2     Deep breathing also helps activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which produces a calming effect.

Start keeping diaries.    3    It is a way to cognitively deal with the circumstances behind how you are feeling. In fact, studies have shown that writing offers benefits of emotional well-being, including relief of emotional distress. Besides, adjourning has been shown to benefit the immune system.

    4    Emotional tears signal the body to let out endorphins or “feel-good” hormones to promote a feeling of calm and well-being. Not only does crying allow your body to let out stress hormones, but at the end of a good cry, the body assumes a calmer state with a lower heart and breathing rate.

Rely on your support system. Studies have shown the benefits of having a close support system of family and friends to whom you can turn. Social support leads to a sense of belonging and security rather than loneliness while dealing with emotional pain.    5    

【推荐1】Running with a group has numerous benefits, especially when running long distances. But group running also requires that you follow some basic etiquette (礼仪) and behavior rules. Here’s advice on running etiquette for group running.

Leave your headphones at home. Sure, music helps push some runners along. However, it’s antisocial to wear headphones during a group run. It can also be dangerous because listening to music means you’ll be less aware of your surroundings.     1    .

Don’t jingle (发出叮当声).     2    , but you can bet that it will annoy at least one person in your group. You don’t want to become known as “The Annoying Loose Change Guy”.

Be prepared with what you need.     3    . Carry your own water and food, as well as some cash or a credit card, just in case you need it.

Don’t run without considering the safety of others. Not only is it rude to take over a path and block other runners, walkers, or cyclists, but it can be a potential safety risk. To make other runners and cyclists easily pass, make sure you’re running no more than two abreast (并排), especially on busy roads, sidewalks, or paths.     4    , such as running in a clockwise direction on a circular route.

    5    . Runners join groups for the social element, but that doesn’t mean they want to hear the same person talk non-stop about their running achievements, injuries, or life problems during every run. Ask people, especially the new members of the group, questions to give them a chance to speak.

【推荐2】Since children learn many things from watching, you should be very careful when and how you teach them about table manners (礼仪).     1    , table manners must be part of their daily rules. Here are manners important for your children to know and tips on how to teach them in a simple way.

Washing Up

Everyone knows that kids will touch and try to eat everything they can     2    : They must wash their hands and faces before coming to the table. Cleanliness and presentation are important parts of every meal.

Waiting for Everyone

It’s only polite to wait for everyone to sit down before you start eating, and kids need to learn this skill early on     3    , but showing them the importance of waiting for others is a skill that carries over into their regular life as well.

Passing Plates

    4    . Even though they may not be able to actually reach for something, children will stand up and catch what they want. During these moments, remind them to ask for help or request that someone pass them the serving bowls and plates with the food they want.

Using the Magic Words

That they’re young doesn’t mean your kids shouldn’t already know how to say please and thank you. If they already know how to talk, these words are necessary     5    .

Basic manners are a matter of practice for anyone, especially children. So, you’ll want to start teaching them suitable table manners as early as possible.