Can't believe it's the 5th week!

Hailey and Alex definitely have some issues with resiliency.  As I mentioned before, in the beginning of camp, Alex would always use her foot as a way to get out of things when she felt discouraged about a certain sport.  In this past week, she has done a great deal of whining and crying during fun fitness. When she pretends to hurt her foot, I will usually make it sound really serious and tell her that she probably needs to sit out during fun fitness.  This always leads to Alex crying in the corner and saying things are not fair. However by taking privileges away from her (e.g. activities during performing arts or pool time), she is able to be more susceptible to being more resilient with her emotions.  She is able to recover from the whining and crying a lot faster.  She also does not do it as much because she now knows what the consequences are. She is beginning to learn that acting hurt or crying does not always get her positive reinforcements and will get back into the activity a lot quicker.

Hailey also has some issues in resiliency.  When she is angry or just not having a good day, she will show it through all her actions. It is very hard to change her moods at times.  When she is in a bad mood, she tends to cause commotion within the girls group by ridiculing the younger girls.  In addition, when she gets yelled at, that also tends to put her in a bad mood.  I think that Hailey needs to be able to learn how to bounce back from her mood changes.  I know that she always seems to feel a lot better after we have confrontations.  So maybe so one-on-one talks with Hailey might help her sort some things out and is also an outlet for her to get all her emotions out.  This might help her in controlling her anger in the future. 

I do not think that Shyanne and Tessa has many issues with resiliency.  I think that when they get yelled at or get discouraged, they are still able to bounce back from it.  Having different activities and some activities being challenging for certain kids definitely helps in developing their abilities in not always succeeding in everything. It teaches them how to accept losing, but that doesn't mean for them to just give up. They are beginning to realize that if they are more flexible in the consequences that happen or receive, they have a better time in the end.