Early Childhood Studies Program : August 2014

Saturday, August 9, 2014

My Supports

A list of My Supports:

Family
Friends
Religion

All of these supports listed help me get through whatever dilemma I'm facing and they help to provide the emotional support that I need from others.

Support to me is when you can confide in someone to help you when you can't help yourself. It's when someone gives you that emotional feedback that you need to pull through to make it through whatever it is that's bothering you. There's nothing else like it and everyone needs it. Without my personal support system, there are a lot of things and places that I would have never done or gone through with. My family, friends and religion help me make the best decisions for my life and they give me the emotional strength that I need.

A challenging situation that I would need strong support in would be taking a risk on a new job. People like to have security; they like to know that they're going to be stable in any situation, so risk taking in these cases are limited. My family and friends would help me make the ultimate decision and my religious beliefs would be a strong point as well.

My Connections to Play

"Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning." By Fred Rogers
“The activities that are the easiest, cheapest, and most fun to do – such as singing, playing games, reading, storytelling, and just talking and listening – are also the best for child development.” ~ Jerome Singer (professor, Yale University)
“As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal.” ~ Gretchen Owocki (childhood educator)

My Supports

I have various support systems and without them I am lost. My family has been a great source for my home life, my school life and my work life. They are all there for me when it comes to getting things done and being the help that I need when need be. I let my husband and children know how supportive they are when it comes to providing quiet time to do school work or work on stuff for work. My parents are my support for wisdom and a lot of life lessons, they provide laughter with stories of my childhood and how my kids are. They also help me with love and support in areas that are big and small.

I then have my work family, who help me with regulations, good days, bad days and ugly days. My work family and I support each other by having each others back with trust, knowledge and sharing information, responsibilities and overall being empathetic and fair. My SPS (supervisory lead) she has been my right and left hand and without her I wouldn't enjoy my job as much as I do now.

My friends are my support that anyone should always have, because there are some people who know you better, than you may know yourself and they provide an opinion that I may not see, but they bring different perspective on things. They are my go to support for fun, relaxation and sometimes to vent.

If I did not have my support system, my life would be empty and chaotic. I would probably be a mess, mind, body and spirit. I think about how lucky I am to have the support group of family, friends and work.