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Happy families : how to protect and support your child's mental health
2024
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A groundbreaking guide for parents to help protect the mental health of children aged four to twenty-one.
Happy Families: How to Protect and Support Your Child's Mental Health is the definitive guide to understanding your child's mental health so they can survive and thrive. Whether you're afraid that anxiety is controlling your child's life, struggling with getting your child out of a low mood cycle, or you just want support on how to communicate with them, this book is here to help. Written by an experienced and respected consultant clinical psychologist who works with children, young adults, and their families every day, Dr. Beth Mosley offers a comprehensive toolkit that will help you make sense of what your child is going through and show you how to work through it together. Filled with invaluable tips, quick-fire exercises, case studies, and access to online worksheets, Happy Families has everything parents need to protect and support their child's mental health.

Table of Contents
Disclaimerix
Introduction1
Author Note7
Part 1Children's Mental Health: Why is it important?
Chapter 1What can go wrong11
Chapter 2The must-dos25
Chapter 3Screen time-how much is too much?49
Part 2Difficult Feelings: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Chapter 4The link between feelings and behavior81
Chapter 5Connection before correction99
Chapter 6Working out what's important117
Part 3Anxiety: How to stop it controlling your child's life
Chapter 7Fear and the body139
Chapter 8What to do about worry163
Chapter 9Acts of courage187
Part 4Low Mood: How to get your child back
Chapter 10Low-mood traps207
Chapter 11Doing what counts227
Chapter 12Self-harm243
Part 5Help: The secret to giving and getting
Chapter 13Building strong relationships-communication hacks261
Chapter 14Adolescence-a time of risk and opportunity280
Afterword305
Further Resources307
Endnotes311
Acknowledgments317
Index319
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