This is a 25-page illustrated toolkit created by 2Simple to equip parents with strategies for supporting children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. It is divided into sections based on age range.
For ages 5-7, it covers spotting signs of distress, initiating conversations about feelings, building resilience to anxiety, and activities to boost self-esteem. For ages 7-11, it focuses on managing anxiety, building self-compassion, addressing transitions positively, and guiding safe social media use.
The toolkit incorporates simple explanations, tips, example dialogues, and reflective prompts. It emphasizes modeling emotional awareness, providing unconditional support, practicing routines and self-care, accessing resources, and maintaining open communication.
Key skills include identifying emotions, addressing fears, relaxation techniques, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving, self-expression, accessing support, and cultivating optimism. The warm tone and practical advice aim to empower parents to foster resilience and positive mental health.
With its adaptable format and inclusion of many techniques, this comprehensive guide could benefit any parent seeking to have meaningful discussions about mental health with their primary-aged children.
Contents:
- Why Mental Health and Wellbeing is important
- Being your child’s role model
- Five steps to physical and emotional growth
- Supporting your child and spotting the signs of emotional distress (5-7)
- Steps towards helping your children with anxiety, resilience, and self-esteem. (5-7)
- Steps towards helping your children with anxiety, resilience, and self-esteem. (7-11)
- Your positive mental health toolkit for your children (5-11)
- Positive steps to help with transition and social media (7-11)
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