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    Mental Health - Parenting

    Cultivate Confidence in Your Little Ones

    February 18, 2025 - By 

        Cultivate Confidence in Your Little Ones With These Simple Strategies Guest post by Paige Johnson @LearnFit.org Guiding your child to become a confident individual and encouraging them to discover their unique place in the world is paramount as a parent, but it can be challenging to know where to begin. It involves teaching them to navigate challenges with resilience and exploring new horizons with enthusiasm. This journey equips them with the courage to embrace their individuality and face life’s adventures. In this article, we’ll go over several simple things you can do to boost your child’s confidence and…

  • Mental Health - Parenting

    Emotion Explorers Roundup : Navigating Feelings with Kids

    June 2, 2024 - By 

    Emotion Explorers Roundup: Navigating Feelings with Kids   Emotions can be like peeling an onion. Layers and layers, especially if the person has had a lot of trauma or adverse experiences in their lives.  The things I know now that I did not know when I was a parent amaze me. I mean, I wish I had known it all then. But before I go down that rabbit hole, I am giving you a round-up of resources and ideas for exploring feelings with kids and teaching kids how to express their emotions healthily. As I wrote in my 2021 article…

  • Depression - Mental Health - Parenting

    Childrens Mental Health

    May 3, 2024 - By 

    Nurturing the Hidden Wounds: Understanding and Addressing Children’s Mental Health [lwptoc] Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.                   Let Not The Children Suffer Jesus Blesses The Children …. The Bible verse that says “Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 19:14 (KJV) The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word “suffer”  is there seems to be…

  • Linkups - Parenting

    Parenting and Mental Health

    April 20, 2024 - By 

    This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge.                                     LETTER P Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. So many words popped in my mind when I first thought of the letter P. Psychiatrist vs psychologist, people, personality disorders, phobias, passion… When I input “Mental Health Letter P” the below two topics came up and jumped out at me. Parenting with a mental health…

  • Journey - Mental Health

    A to Z D= Depression

    April 4, 2024 - By 

      This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Did you know you could be in a crowded room and feel very lonesome? Lonesome in a Crowded Room Feeling alone is very painful. Even more so when you are struggling with the darkness of depression. Even then you really aren’t alone. There are many others in the crowd hiding in a mask. Pretending to be fine. Putting on a smile, Faking it to…

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    CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK: MAY 2-8, 2021

    May 6, 2021 - By 

    CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK                                        May  2021 Childrens mental health awareness week is important. I was pleased to read in a recent newsletter that the  GEAR Parent Network is partnering with the Office of Child and Family Services on Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week May 2-8th, 2021! This year the 2021 theme is “Flip the Script on Mental Health.” The statistics are pretty sad looking from before the pandemic. Since the pandemic mental health issues are on the rise for all…

  • Advocacy - Animals - Mental Health

    Be A Voice For The Animals and Children 5 Simple ways to Advocate

    July 8, 2019 - By 

    Why You and I Must Be A Voice For The Animals and Children Hello again. Recently I posted about the scary statistics of mental health issues in our youth. Today my inbox seems flooded with reasons why we must also be an advocate for the animals. I mean both those we consider pets and those that live in the wild. Today I will focus on those we consider pets. Why we need to be a voice for the animals As someone who has lost animals to cancer the most recent email from The Petco Foundation about animal cancer spoke to me.…

  • Journey - Mental Health

    2021 Scary Rising Statistics Mental Health in Children and Teens

    May 6, 2019 - By 

    Mental Health in our children and teens. Scary rising statistics Revised Sept 2020 Mental Health Matters: September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month!! We need to break the stigma that keeps so many from getting help. There have been some very disturbing statistics in the news lately. I am referring to the statistics of how many youths are suffering from anxiety and how that rate has increased. The myriad of mental health issues our children and youth are suffering is increasing instead of decreasing. What can we do to make a difference? The articles I reference are the numbers of children going…