Wonderful Intro to Social Emotional Learning I enrolled my daughter so she would have a safe space to talk about her feelings. We homeschool and found that about half of the other learners in her cohort also homeschool. That was an interesting surprise. The classes are a bit short at 30 minutes. My daughter doesn’t get to share quite as much as she would like to but the SEL is covered and that’s the main reason for the class meetings. The teacher is kind but structured. I recommend this class to every parent! The “soft skills”being taught are things I wish I had learned as a child.

Emotional awareness often leads to happiness in children. My daughter was very reluctant to attend. Now she really looks forward to it. She is not always eager to participate, but always pays attention. She has not asked me once for the $25 bribe money that I offered her to start attending! They make learning about emotions and how to obtain a peaceful mind fun. That’s priceless.

My kiddo has been struggling with… My kiddo has been struggling with dysregulation at school and other activities. We signed up for Tapouts to try and give her some tools as we waited for availability with a counselor. It has been amazing. She has found a confidence in her ability to self regulate. I encourage you to pay attention to the progress reports they send. It gives you pointers for supporting their learned skills. We went into counseling and have decided to keep Tapouts on, as she loves to feel like she has a safe place to connect with kids all over the country, ro be heard and to learn mindfulness and introspection.

I have 2 kids in tapouts and the whole family is benefiting big time! I have two kids in tapouts and they both love it! My oldest child is 13 and has really been enjoying tapouts, but the biggest thing I've noticed is the change in how he interacts with his little brother. He gets irritated with his younger brother a lot, and will react by saying something rude or by yelling at him, but lately, he's started saying, "I just need a minute," and he'll walk away. I've noticed this major shift and praised him for it, and he said he's "just trying to regulate more." I can tell he feels better about himself, and his relationship with his little brother is 10x better. I'm so proud of him! It's funny cause I don't think he'd relate any of this directly to tapouts, but the shift is obvious to me. For him, he loves tapouts because it's easy, and he enjoys his coach, his group, and the games they play. Plus, It's only a half-hour long, so it doesn't take up too much of his time, and he earns points through participation which motivates him big time. He's saving his points up because he's working toward one of the big prizes - which I think is awesome. There are so many valuable things he's getting out of this program, most of which he's not even aware of, but the results are SO obvious to me. I also have a 9-year-old daughter in tapouts. She's an identical twin and often feels like she's in her sister's shadow. She struggles with confidence. tapouts is one of the only spaces that is just for her and she loves attending alone. In fact, I've noticed she hasn't even mentioned to her group that she's a twin. I wanted her to join to help with her anxiety and confidence, but I'm seeing how much independence she's gaining through having this little community outside of her regular world. Her relationship with her twin is as close as it's always been, but she's starting to share her feelings of comparison more, and she's working through those feelings. She told me last week, "Mom, I like how I look." That is a BIG statement for her, and I've seen her confidence growing week by week. She's also more willing to do her therapy for anxiety than she's been in the past. She has a major fear of needles, and putting in her new earrings every day is a big challenge for her. The other day she walked out of her room so proud, and told me she was able to clean and replace her earrings all by herself. I asked her how she did it, and she said, "I stopped and did box breaths when I got woozy." She learned box breathing in tapouts. tapouts has been such a great supplement in addition to therapy. When I take her to counseling, she always dreads it a little, because she knows she's there to work on hard things, but with tapouts, she looks forward to each session because it feels like fun, not work. She likes her group and coach, and she feels special. I honestly cannot say enough good things about this program.

Managing Anxiety Tapouts has been amazing with helping my son overcome his anxiety. He has learned to cope better with his day to day activities. I would highly encourage to anyone who has a child with anxiety to give this program a try.