Helpful Parenting Tips & Info About Mental Health
Ways Parents and Guardians Can Support
Mental Health In Children
Supporting your child's mental health includes:
Supporting your child's mental health includes:
Helping them to reach developmental and emotional milestones
Teaching them healthy social skills
Instructing them on how to effectively solve problems
Setting appropriate boundaries & limits for them
Helping them develop a positive self-view
Effectively communicating with them
Adapting to your child's developmental and individual needs
Understanding your parenting style and having a willingness to seek help if needed
Actively & positively engage with them
-National Center For Disease Control & Prevention and American Psychological Association
Areas that influence the
mental health of children:
The number of stable and nurturing family and community relationships in their lives
The level of safety they experience
Access to opportunities
Environmental circumstances
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We are all more likely to thrive if ALL of our needs are met.
This is a helpful guide for parents as they raise their children.
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Simply put:
The quality of the relationships and environments where children and adolescents grow up, shapes their well-being and development!
Find more helpful information from NAMI (The National Alliance On Mental Illness) below.
What is Mental Illness? https://www.namigreenvillesc.org/what-is-mental-illness/
To learn more about mental health diagnoses: https://www.namigreenvillesc.org/list-of-mental-illnesses/
Direct link for mental health resources for kids & youth: https://www.nami.org/kids-teens-and-young-adults/
Ms. Owens' Contact Information:
Email: thowens@greenville.k12.sc.us
Phone: 864-355-4773
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