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Mums Matter, Too!
See our sections on
Post Natal Depression
The Mumopause
Keeping Healthy |
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| Excellent US resource from
NotMyKid (one
very long page) |
The
Coping with Growing series of audio tapes created by former
Blue Peter presenter Diane Louise Jordan are brilliant - your child really will
benefit from a growth in confidence after listening to one of these tapes.
Dentists, burglars, starting school, moving house, and separating parents will
hold no fears for kids after listening to these stories. Truly fun and
therapeutic at the same time. |
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The Feelings Storybook
Book
sample |
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I believe in me
a brilliant book of affirmations for children aged 4-8 |
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| You can help your per-school child
get
ready for school by helping them to understand the difference between a few
seconds and a few minutes; planning, doing and finishing a job; gaining
self-confidence, problem-solving, etc |
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Wired for Health
a joint initiative by the DfEE and
Department of Health.
Includes useful links on bullying |
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Mind
Matters
from the BBC
Good information intended to be read by kids themselves, includes activity
sheets and invites contact via email or post. |
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The challenge of ...
Children's Self-esteem
Even when they seem tough and unbreakable - what's going on underneath is not
always what it may seem.
How can we recognize when a child is suffering, and what can we do to help?
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Bound for Success
Guiding Your Child Toward Higher Self-Esteem
by Bert and Betty Jo Simmons
How to help your child set goals, build self-confidence, and develop a sense of
responsibility.
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Parenting Matters
from the LifeMatters website |
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Provides information about parenting to help you raise self-reliant,
responsible human beings. They promote a democratic style of parenting that is
firm, yet fair and mutually respectful. : parents and children are seen as
equal in terms of "value and worth as human beings"; discipline is
imposed through limited choices and "natural and logical
consequences."
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Families with children aged 3-12 can play these games any time, anywhere.
Combines upbeat, positive advice - including parenting tips - with easy
directions for positive play. All the activities can be enjoyed equally well at
home, outdoors or in the classroom, are suitable for as few as two individuals
or for larger groups.
Helps children learn how to make friends, express feelings, trust others,
accept themselves, use their imaginations, and more. Sets a good foundation for
learning.
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or try these on-line
recipes
for making children feel good about themselves
(created by teachers in the USA)
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Being Responsible |
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We want our children to appreciate the importance of being responsible. We also
want them to develop the habits and strength to act this way in their everyday
lives.
Helping your child learn
responsible behavior means developing the confidence to
- respect and show compassion for others;
- practice honesty as a matter of course;
- show courage in standing up for our principles;
- develop self-control in acting on our principles;
- maintain self-respect.
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Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Literacy
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Emotional intelligence allows people to monitor their feelings and emotions, to
discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide their thinking
and actions. See the ground-breaking book by
Daniel Goleman - EQ is far more important in terms of
success than IQ or technical skills.
An awareness of the impact of emotional intelligence has led to a movement for
Emotional Literacy - teaching mental health to children
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Praise is essential, but keep it
realistic
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And here's something practical to do...
LUNCHBOX NOTES
In the US... |
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In January 2001, the
US Surgeon General released what he termed a
"blueprint for change" in the approach to recognizing and treating
children's mental health problems with a
National Action Agenda for Children's Mental Health.
With one in 10 American children suffering from mental illness severe enough to
cause impairment, but fewer than one in five of them getting the treatment they
need, this report outlines steps to take to create a much-needed national
mental health care system.
The 'Connect for Kids'
Children's Mental Health page connects you to the facts and
groups that can help build a better mental health care system for children.
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Have they got it right in the States? Is something similar needed in the
UK?? Connect with the The
Motherwise FORUM and tell us what you think.
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Thinking, Changing, Re-arranging
reviewed for Motherwise by Frank
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I
found this book on increasing self-esteem in children appropriate for my
daughter who was seven at the time.
It is a book that you read with your child and at the end of each chapter there
are exercises which are basically to get her to apply the examples from the
book to their experience at school, or elsewhere.
We now find our children, we have four, catch us out when we use junk thoughts
- so it can really change their thinking.
See Frank's review for Amazon.co.uk
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Kids under Pressure |
| New book which addresses the very
real stresses that are affecting our children and gives practical advice on how
to help make their lives balanced, healthy and happy |
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| NEW from the NSPCC for young
teenagers |
| There4Me |
Online confidential support - one
to one in real time, by email for an answer within 24 hour, or ask Sam the
agony aunt plus pages of advice about all the things that concern teens.
Message boards are moderated and therefore open for a limited period of time
each day. |
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American psychologists are
exploding the
self-esteem myth!
Hollow Kids:
Recapturing the Soul of a Generation |
| by Laura L. Smith, Ph.D. and
Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D. |
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| The Optimistic Child teaches parents and educators how to
instill optimism, resilience, and confidence in their youngsters. |
Important messages for parents
about helping kids learn how to learn from failure and still feel positive
about themselves rather than shielding them from it so they can't cope with it
in adult life.
Good for parents too!! |
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| A great program to help you
stop
yelling and start building your kids' self-esteem. Free sample chapter
includes audio and movies. |
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| Try a
guided meditation specially designed for children by the
Spiritual Parenting website |
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| A useful on-line extract from
the book
Raising resilient kids |
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| See the Motherwise
Newsblogger for
info from around the web on children and self-esteem |
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Young Minds
The UK children's mental health charity offers a Parents Information Service on
0800 018 2138. |
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mental health specialists are available and information leaflets describing how
people qualify to work in different areas of child guidance and what services
are on offer through social services and the NHS can be read
on-line. |
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Childline
The UK's free, national helpline for children and young people in trouble or
danger. |
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Canadian research on aggressive kids
They're lost and frightened - harsher punishments by the courts are rarely
effective. |
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| Some basic facts on children and
depression at
stoploneliness.com |
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| A depression
checklist
for parents plus on-line newsletter in pdf format focussing on children and
adolescents. |
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| More about
Children
and depression on this UK website |
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| Message BoardsThis board about children and despression no
longer takes new messages but some useful discussion still available for
viewing on-line. |
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| The Samaritans are
raising awareness of the despair of young men. See our section on
Raising Boys |
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The Ophelia Project
Saving the selves of girls - for the parents of girls with depression and
eating disorders |
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