M.+Combatting+Stress

//**How stressed are you? **// **1. STRESSFUL THINGS:** Let's talk about the things that make you stressed. Do you think these things also make children stressed? Look at this list. Discuss how much the items in it make you stressed. Why might these things make children stressed?
 * * Working
 * Studying English
 * Christmas (or other celebrations)
 * Commuting
 * In-laws || * Shopping
 * Money
 * Computers
 * Small children ||



How do people react when stressed?

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Let's talk about stress

Stress related Vocabulary

Read or listen media type="file" key="051123-stress.mp3" width="240" height="20" to the article. Working mothers take heed. A new report published in the journal //Developmental Psychobiology// suggests that mothers who work in jobs that offer little satisfaction and are emotionally draining pass on their stress to their children. The researchers, from the UK’s Bath, Kent and Bristol universities, found that young children are particularly susceptible to picking up on their mother’s stress. According to the report, putting a child in childcare, where youngsters will play and happily interact with other tots, can help to counter the problem. Co-author Julie Cobb said childcare provides a sanctuary for children that protects them from the adverse effects of their mother’s “emotional exhaustion”. Ms. Cobb urged companies to support both mothers and children. Researchers analyzed data gleaned from observing 56 nursery school children aged three and four. In addition, the study team quizzed mothers about their working conditions and domestic life over the course of six months. The subsequent results showed significantly higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol in children whose working mothers found their jobs less rewarding. Cortisol regulates blood pressure and the body’s immune function and is secreted at greater rates when people are stressed. Further, researchers found the chemical’s prevalence in the toddlers increased considerably if their mothers were fatigued as well as dissatisfied. In many cases, cortisol levels were double those of children whose mothers enjoyed their job. Source: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112141050/ABSTRACT ||
 * =Working mothers pass on stress to kids=


 * 2. SYNONYM MATCH:** Match the following synonyms from the article:


 * a. || take heed || questioned ||
 * b. || draining || negative ||
 * c. || susceptible || released ||
 * d. || tots || taxing ||
 * e. || adverse || controls ||
 * f. || gleaned || beware ||
 * g. || quizzed || exhausted ||
 * h. || regulates || children ||
 * i. || secreted || gathered ||
 * j. || fatigued || vulnerable ||
 * 3. PHRASE MATCH:** Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):[[image:imagesooo.jpg width="240" height="169"]]


 * a. || emotionally || mothers about their working conditions ||
 * b. || children are particularly susceptible || the problem ||
 * c. || youngsters will play and || to picking up on their mother’s stress ||
 * d. || help to counter || observing 56 nursery school children ||
 * e. || childcare provides || draining ||
 * f. || data gleaned from || whose mothers enjoyed their job ||
 * g. || the study team quizzed || a sanctuary for children ||
 * h. || results showed significantly higher || rates when people are stressed ||
 * i. || secreted at greater || levels of the stress hormone cortisol ||
 * j. || levels were double those of children || happily interact with other tots ||