Comments on: 5-Minute Courage Workout: Playing with Fire http://www.lionswhiskers.com/2011/03/5-minute-courage-workout-playing-with.html A parenting coach and a children's book author discuss raising their kids to have courage for the challenges on the path ahead Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Lisa Dungate http://www.lionswhiskers.com/2011/03/5-minute-courage-workout-playing-with.html#comment-99 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:55:00 +0000 http://www.lionswhiskers.com/?p=81#comment-99 I am sharing this comment from my friend Mioko, with her permission.She and her family (including three adorable sons) are currently living on the Sendai-side coast of Japan:
Lisa, Thank you. We are fine. My parents are in Sendai but in the mountain side. They don't have power yet. But they are fine. What we need now is courage, strong mind (calmness) is what we need now. And hope, normal life. I am trying to live as normal as possible so that children will not be affected so much. And preparing for the time when my family can join us. Although we are in a safe area for this earthquake, there are small quakes happening throughout the day. And they have to go under the table. I agree to the link you sent me about Drop, Cover, and Hold On.
Especially what you write about "prepare", was just what we experienced. Kenji was walking home from school when the big quake happened. I was so scared and went to get him with other children. And we were able to meet him because he was taking the route we discussed to use.
There are so many routes he could have taken, if he walked home with friends, which he did so the other day. But we discussed that then there will be no way to meet IF something happens. And it DID happened. I am glad he listened to me and understood me.

Mioko

]]> By: Lisa Dungate http://www.lionswhiskers.com/2011/03/5-minute-courage-workout-playing-with.html#comment-100 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.lionswhiskers.com/?p=81#comment-100 For readers who would like to read about teaching your child to navigate the neighborhood, like Mioko refers to in her comment, check out our posts "The Journey our Kids Are On" (/2011/02/journey-our-kids-are-on.html) and "5-Minute Courage Workout: Navigating the Neighborhood" (/2011/02/5-minute-courage-workout-navigating.html)

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