Promoting Mental Health Awareness Lastly, it is in our best interest to promote their awareness and reduce any stigma associated with mental illness in both children and adults. Let’s open the topic of mental health by talking freely while suggesting to the children that when they are troubled,...
About Mental Strong Kids Welcome to Mental Strong Kids, a site dedicated to advancing kid’s health by raising awareness on mental health issues, the rise in mental illness, and simple ways and strategies to talk to kids about their mental health at a young age. The earlier we can teach ...
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When it comes to mental health sick days, where do New York parents stand for allowing their kids to stay home? Nationally, around 26 percent of public school students were classified as "chronically absent" during the last school year. According to Test Prep Insight, this was a rise from ...
Families can end mental health stigma by talking about mental health in the right way. "It takes a lot more than just awareness about mental health to address the stigma surrounding it," Dr. Westers explains. "Awareness is realizing that one in five kids have a mental health disorder. Remo...
Awareness and education are key to prevention. Providing training for parents and teachers on recognizing and addressing mean girl behavior can equip them with the tools to intervene effectively. Encouraging Open Communication Fostering an environment where students feel comfortable discussing their experience...
The book helps kids build a healthy awareness of their feelings and learn coping mechanisms. The illustrations are simple, bold and colorful, and support the book theme. It is also a great classroom discussion book. Resources:There are“interactive exercises woven throughout the book”and a serie...
Raising kids is hard. Raising kids without an emotionally healthy blueprint is harder. Creating a different blueprint with your child requires an awareness of your own needs. Parentification The Parentified Rescuer: How to Manage Your Impulse to Fix Lauren Dennelly Ph.D., LCSW on September...
58% of parents say they know their child needs a mental health day when they ask for one. The mental health awareness we've all observed in recent years appears to have extended to kids. And 69% of parents now think it's normal to take ...
While challenges in life are unavoidable and often beyond our control, how we respond to them is entirely up to us. For our kids, this can be more complicated. Kids have less ability to regulate their emotions. They may have a harder time recognizing why they may be feeling stressed or a...