Activity
SCENARIO 1:
Your baby lies on her back in a crib, screaming and kicking. You do not know what is wrong. She just keeps on screaming and kicking.
Task:
Put the doll that is lying in a crib in front of the mothers. Read the scenario to the mothers. Ask a volunteer to show you what she
would do if that were her baby screaming and kicking in the crib. Ask the other mothers if they agree with her or if they would do it
differently.
BACKGROUND FOR THE FACILITATOR
Resilience:
You promote resilience if you pick the baby up and begin to soothe her while finding out if she is wet, too cold or too hot, needs
patting on the back to remove air, or needs comforting. You help her calm down, feel loved and cared for and help her to calm herself
down.
SCENARIO 2:
Your two-year-old toddler is at the store with you. He sees some sweets, grabs it and starts to eat them. When you try to take them
from him, he shouts, "No! mine, mine!"
Task:
Take a male doll that represents the two-year-old. Ask a volunteer to take the doll and to play the role of the two-year-old boy. Ask
another volunteer to play the role of the mother. Explain the scenario to them.
Note to the facilitator: The group must look at how the mother handles the toddler and give input on how they would have handled
the situation differently.
BACKGROUND FOR THE FACILITATOR
Resilience:
You promote resilience if you remove your child from the situation, so that you do not disturb others. Explain calmly to him that he
cannot take things without your permission, and give him something else or show him something else to distract him. You help him
understand limits of behaviour, help him feel responsible for his own behaviour and communicate with him as he listens.
SCENARIO 3:
The mother had to go to another city to find a job and could not take her four-year-old daughter with her, because there was no one
to care for her while the mother worked. And she could not afford day-care costs.
Task:
Get two volunteers, one to be the four-year-old daughter and the other one to be the mother. Read the scenario to the volunteers.
After the role play, the group discuss what they would have done if they were in that position.
BACKGROUND FOR THE FACILITATOR
Resilience:
You promote resilience if you explain to your daughter that you are going to find a job, so that you can have money to rent a nice
place for both of you. You tell her how much you love her and that she will stay with her grandmother until you find a place to live.
You let her protest and assure her you love her and will send a post card with pretty pictures. You assure her that everything will be
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fine and that you will be together again soon. You let her ask questions and to express how she feels. Let her understand that it is
necessary for you to go.
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