Building your child’s emotional wellbeing
Young people are facing unprecedented levels of pressure, from school, from their phones and from their peers. All of which are having a detrimental effect on their mental health.
A Mind of Their Own will give parents, carers, and anyone working with young people, practical and preventative tools to understand these pressures and help your children build strong emotional resilience and healthy mental wellbeing.
You’ll leave with …
- A greater understanding of the pressures affecting your child and the impact this can have on their mental wellbeing
- Tools to help your child build resilience that enables them to bounce back from challenges, grow in emotional strength and move forward in their character development.
- Ways to talk to your child about positive body image
- An appreciation of how vital your child’s identity is and strategies to help them become confident in it
- Tips to help your child learn to deal with failure and criticism well
- The knowledge that negative thought patterns can be rewired to become more positive
About the event
What others think
'I loved the practical advice offered during each session. Short and easy ways to remember strategies during the thick and thin of everyday life.' - A parent
Is it for you?
In 2023, about 1 in 5 children and young people had a probable mental health disorder. This has risen even since we began this event 3 years ago.*
So, while this event may be more applicable to parents of pre and early teenage children, A Mind of Their Own offers a wealth of wisdom, knowledge and advice that would benefit all parents and carers, as well as anyone working with young people such as teachers and youth workers.
It will equip you to support young people to grow into strong, resilient young adults.
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More information
Katharine Hill is the UK director of Care for the Family. She is a well-known speaker, broadcaster and author of a number of books including her latest book A Mind of Their Own: Building Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing in a Post-Pandemic World. She is married to Richard and they have four grown-up children and eight grandchildren.
Mark Chester is the Parent Support Manager at Care for the Family. He is the founder of Who Let the Dads Out? and has been writing and speaking about fatherhood for over 20 years. He is married to Su and they have two grown-up children.
Care for the Family is built on Christian principles, but we want our events and resources to be accessible to everyone. This event does not contain any faith specific content.
Please note this event is not suitable for children.
*Statics taken from Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2023 – wave 4 follow up to the 2017 survey – NHS Digital
