Safe Spaces

Do you know your child or teens Safe spaces?

First let’s review what a safe space means. Safe Space are places, things or people that may help them feel calm, comfortable, and relaxed. This protective factor can help your loved one feel happy, excited and at peace.

Let’s review these safe spaces!

Activities:

1.       Playing games with peers, family members & neighbors

2.       Listening to music or creating music

3.       Reading a book

4.       Playing a sport

5.       Involved in an after school social group.

People:

1.       Parent is the most common person that a young one will feel most safe with

2.       Siblings are the next set of people who they may feel safe with

3.       Relatives are the third set of people who they feel safe with

4.       Friends are the fourth set of people that they can be themselves with

5.       Pets are usually the last as most kids don’t have pets but may be able to visit someone else’s pet.

Places:

1.       School is a well-known safe space.

2.       A peer’s home where they can relate to one another.

3.       A Family members’ home

4.       Your home where they sleep, eat and share quality time together.

5.       A gym, a park or somewhere with their peers or family members

Take the time to sit down with them and have a conversation about their safe spaces. It is very important to know what is considered a safe space for them.

You may have your own perception of what it may be, but I would suggest not only having a conversation but observing these examples in their everyday life and decide what it may be TOGETHER!