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Topic: How to Raise Mentally Healthy Kids: Parenting tips for teaching kids how to cope
Time: 1 hour including Q&A
Topic Description:
After trying to find help for her once joyful son and rap artist, including wilderness therapy and therapeutic boarding school, Anne-Moss’s son Charles met heroin, an addiction that led to a downward spiral that ended with his suicide on June 5, 2015.
This presentation is about what she has learned looking back on her journey to prevent other parents from standing in her shoes. The topics covered include mental health and substance misuse, social media and mobile phones. It will help parents recognize red flags and present actions to take. This presentation includes her wildly popular parenting tips with stories and examples for fostering independence and resilience in a child raised in the digital age.
Takeaways:
- What is a warning sign versus typical angst?
- Why are so many kids struggling with mental health issues?
- How to talk to your child about difficult subjects and get a response.
- Times when youth especially are more vulnerable to despair.
- What to say/do if your child is struggling.
- Practical tips that help parents with children of any age build resilience and coping skills that help them thrive in a digital world. (pdf bullet point one page download shared)