Talking to Children About Mental Health: The challenges facing Gen Z and Gen Alpha and how you can help

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A practical guide to help adults understand the unique mental health challenges facing our children, teenagers and students today.

From the rise of AI personal technology to the ability to connect to your loved ones wherever you are, you’d think that we’re advancing as a society. But for our young people’s mental health such progress has come at a cost.

The book examines the key mental health problems impacting young people today (such as depression, loneliness and anxiety) and explains how the lifestyle, culture and world they are living in has a significant mental health impact.

Suitable for parents, grandparents, teachers, youth workers and anyone in a position of care or interested in the future of mental health, this book offers tools, exercises and resources to support the next generation.

From the Publisher

Lily – Jo

Lily-Jo is the founder and director of mental health platform: thelilyjoproject.

The Lily-Jo Project aims to eliminate the stigma of mental health by providing resources, promoting awareness, and empowering people to take control of their mental well-being.

She is the author of Talking to Children About Mental Health.

She is also a singer-songwriter and qualified counsellor and counselling supervisor with a decade of experience.

Lily-Jo’s four BLUE (Believe, Listen, Understand and Exercise) Top Tips for Parents and Carers to Help Children

Believe – Believe your child, don’t dismiss their feelings, even if they are frustrating
Listen – Use ‘listening language’, to actively make your child feel heard.
Understand – introduce your child to practical tools to help them understand, and manage, their difficult and painful feelings.
Exercise – moving our bodies is vital to maintaining mental wellbeing, and the release of endorphins is more important than ever at this time of year, when the light is low and holidays are over.

Practical Solution to shape your child’s social media Habits

Set clear device deadlines
Create phone-free zones
Find offline together time
IRL connection alongside URL connections

Practical guide to building emotional resilience – 5 top tips

Encourage fair and realistic thinking
Help them to stay in the present
Make a safe space for sharing
Use reflective language

Publisher ‏ : ‎ SPCK Publishing (19 Jan. 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 162 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0281087822
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0281087822
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 1.27 x 19.69 cm