Energy Wise: Teaching Kids to Understand and Manage Their Personal Energy Levels
Last Saturday, my nine-year-old son Leo was in the middle of an epic building project with his Legos when he suddenly pushed the pieces away, put his head on the table, and said, “My body feels like a phone at one percent.” I didn’t need to tell him what to do. He walked to his room, dimmed the lights, lay on his bed with a book for twenty minutes, and came back to the table refreshed and ready to finish his creation. Two years ago, that same child would have melted into a screaming tantrum, unable to identify why he felt terrible or what he needed. The difference was that he had learned to read his own energy signals and respond to them appropriately. ...