My Emotions Activity Book encourages children within Key Stage 2 and the primary school year age range (4 –11 years) to share their feelings calmly and gently. The activity book was developed to help my nephew express his emotions during feelings of isolation in lockdown. You can Read More …
By Lauren Seager-Smith Children’s Mental Health Week is taking place on 7-13 February 2022. The theme is Growing Together with a focus on overcoming challenges and setbacks. Place2Becordinate the week, and they have developed a wealth of free resources to support parents and carers to get involved. Developing Read More …
by Jermaine and family During these difficult times it’s more important than ever to remind our children that ‘it’s okay not to be okay’. As parents and carers, we might worry we don’t have the right words to say. Or we may be unsure how Read More …
Over the last couple of years mental health has become a subject that has been widely discussed in the media and something that is now being recognised as real issue. We have featured articles post natal depression and post traumatic stress syndrome in fatherhood over Read More …
by A Law There’s no denying that for most of us, social media has become the highlight reel of our lives. We use it to showcase and share our best and most memorable moments and that shouldn’t be something we feel the need to lament. Read More …
He was the life and soul of our friendship group and, he committed suicide To this day I can still remember the phone call that I received on the 16h May 2001. As I have got older and experienced similar situations amongst family, friends and Read More …
by Arion Lawrence & Manu Shah Covid-19 has presented us all with a mental and emotional strain. Many parents, particularly with younger children, have felt the lack of respite from parenting that the lockdown has brought. I’ve worried about the impact that could have on Read More …