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Benefits of Youth Mental Health and Behavioral Games
QUESTION
Discuss Benefits of Youth Mental Health and Behavioral Games
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Speech Outline
Why the Youth Need Self-Control
Introduction
Imagine a world where children had no self-control at all. Imagine the chaos and destruction that would be the norm in homes and public places when these children and adolescents make use of their almost limitless energy. Now imagine what kind of adults such youth would grow into, incapable of emotion, empathy and self-control. Today I am going to talk to you about how self-control can be taught, how this self-control influences academic performance and the influence that self-control has later in life.
Point 1: Teaching self-control through youth mental and behavioural games
-The games help adolescents learn self-control, avoiding self-destructive activities
-They instruct children to differentiate between emotions. They can express happiness, disgust, empathy
-The games teach self-discipline, making the youth exercise restraint
Point 2: Self-control and academic performance
- Perhaps you are wondering whether the lack of self-control has any impact on the education and school performance of children
- Well, McClelland from Oregon State University confirms that young children with poor self-regulation skills have a tendency to make less academic progress
- You see, self-control is like the tree from which we get the fruits of balance, calmness, determination, confidence and will power.
Point 3: Effects of lacking self-control
-Adolescents who lack self-control are swayed to engage in drug abuse
-They are also likely to be obese (Sutin 2011) due to their uncontrolled eating habits
Point 4: How self-control in children affect adult life
- In a forty-year study of 1,000 children, Americanscience.org had the revelation that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success.
- The more the child can control their feeling and emotion, the higher their chances of succeeding as responsible adults.
Point 5: Sources of mental Health Games
- There are various sources from where you can have access to interactive mental health games on the internet.
- Today, I will just give you two examples: https://mentalhealthdeltadivision.com/ineractivegames and https://proudtobeprimary.com/social-emotional-learning-games/
Point 6: Other ways of teaching self-control
- These mental games are not the only way through which self-control can be taught to children.
- Avoiding temptation is another way where one avoids situations that may make them lose their patience.
- Parents can also learn to reward whenever self-control is demonstrated as this would help make the self-control a habit.
- Through other games like “Red light, Green light”, children can make the following of rules a routine.
- The other way is through turning “must do” tasks into “want to” tasks as this brings in the element of making the tasks done out of good will rather than forced to.
- Self-control can be taught through continuous positive reinforcement.
Conclusion
Knowing too well how self-control would influence children now and in their adult lives, it is essential that they are helped to develop and sustain this viable feature.
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References
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“Lifelong impact of early Self-Control.” American Scientist, The Scientific Research Honour Society, 11 Nov. 2019, www.americanscientist.org/article/lifelong-impact-of-early-self-control. Accessed 6 Oct 2020 McClelland MM, Cameron CE, Duncan R, Bowles RP, Acock AC, Miao A, Pratt ME. Predictors of early growth in academic achievement: the head-toes-knees-shoulders task. Front Psychol. 5:599. 2014. Sutin AR, Ferrucci L, Zonderman AB, and Terracciano A. 2011. Personality and obesity across the adult life span. Journal of personality and social psychology. Accessed 6 Oct. 2020.
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