Your Nine-Year-Old Wants to Stay Home Alone While You Go

question 37

Essay

Your nine-year-old wants to stay home alone while you go to the grocery store. How would you determine whether this is the right thing to do?

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Definitions:

Problem-Focused Coping

A strategy for managing stress by directly tackling the problem that causes stress, rather than merely alleviating its symptoms.

Study Schedule

An organized plan that outlines specific times and strategies for studying, designed to enhance learning and retention of information.

Problem-Focused Coping

A strategy involving tackling a stressful situation directly to alleviate stress or eliminate its cause.

Optimistic

Having a hopeful or positive outlook on the future or the outcome of specific situations.