Sue Baldwin - Tips
Are you Stressed?
Take this test to find out...
If you checked on three or more questions, you need to follow Sue Baldwin's TIPS on how to deal with Stress.
Some of these tips for Personal & Professional Life are listed below.
- Take a deep breath. Take three more deep breaths.
- Develop a professional support network.
- Take action now and make positive changes. Don't be a victim.
- Laugh out loud at a funny joke. Read a few pages of Sue Baldwin's book: Lighten Up and Live Longer.
- Take an aerobics class.
- Go try on funny clothes with a friend.
- Pop popcorn with a lid on the popper.
TWO MORE TIPS for the professional life of Early Childhood Managers:
- Budget in money to hire a floater, someone who can fill in when staff are out sick or who can work in the program in various roles. You won't have to scramble to find last-minute substitutes. When not subbing, the person can be that much-needed extra pair of hands.
- Develop a room for the staff to use during their breaks away from the children. Have resources related to stress reduction available for them in the room: adult stress toys, herbal tea, decaffeinated pop or juice, posters depicting nature scenes, and relation tapes for listening.




