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Four People Before Breakfast: Teenage Mood Swings
Delightful at eight in the morning. Devastating at four. Silent by seven. You are not imagining it, and you are not handling it badly.
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Mental Health & Wellbeing
Children's mental health in everyday terms — mood, self-esteem, coping, when to worry and how to support a child who is struggling.
Start here“Asking a child directly about how they are coping does not plant an idea—it lifts a weight. What changes outcomes is noticing early, staying steady when the answer is frightening, and being the adult who does not flinch or rush to fix. Children rarely announce that they are struggling; they show it in sleep, appetite, withdrawal and irritability. Your calm attention is the first intervention.”
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A narrated introduction — why talking never plants the idea, what to notice early, and how to ask the direct question and stay steady with the answer.
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Mental Health Foundations
A grounded introduction to children's mental health — what typical distress looks like, what warrants concern, and how homes protect wellbeing.
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A structured journey through mental health & wellbeing — built to be taken in order, or started wherever you are today.
01Begin hereBuilding Resilience
The skills of steady humans.
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Helping Children Through Grief
Support through loss, at any age.
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03Self-Esteem That Lasts
Beyond praise, beyond fragility.
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04Perfectionism & High Expectations
Loosen the grip, grow the person.
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05Stress Management for Families
The whole-family view of stress.
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06Creating Emotionally Healthy Homes
Where feelings can breathe.
4 modules2h 55mView course
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