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How Families Can Support Kids’ Mental Health During the Pandemic

By Erika Boknek — 2020

Regardless of a child’s schooling situation, parents can help provide these four key components for a child’s mental health toolkit.

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The Ignored Issue that Can Get Progressives Elected

A 2007 poll found that the biggest issue for voters as the 2008 election approaches is not the Iraq war. It’s an issue that leaders have not been focusing on: the well-being of America’s children.

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Riane Eisler
2007
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How to Help Kids Break the What-If Cycle from Two Psychology Experts

The following is adapted from Renee Jain, MAPP, and Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D.'s new book Superpowered, which helps kids with stress, anxiety, and other happenings in their daily lives.

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Shefali Tsabary, Renee Jain
2020
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11 Poses to Help Kids Feel Brave

This sequence, created by Yoga Foster founder Nicole Cardoza, encourages kids to be brave, own their bodies, and speak up for what they need.

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Nicole Cardoza
2018
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9 Ways Parents Can Help Kids Cope with Jealousy

I once had three students who tried out for travel soccer in sixth grade. After only one made the team, the other two spread a lie, saying that the girl had made the team only because her uncle was the coach.

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Phyllis L. Fagell
2018
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Anxiety Disorders

Liam had always looked out for his younger brother Sam. But whenever Sam took the late bus after soccer practice, Liam worried about him so much he couldn't concentrate on his homework.

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KidsHealth.org
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Emotional Intelligence: What It Means for Kids

Emotional intelligence can help kids with learning and thinking differences manage their challenges. There are things you can do to develop your child’s emotional intelligence.

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Peg Rosen
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Emotional Intelligence

A resource for teens about emotional intelligence, and how they can improve their EQ by practicing a variety of skills.

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KidsHealth.org
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What Parents Can Do to Make a Child’s Chronic Illness Easier

When a child’s wellbeing depends on vigilant monitoring and consistent medical attention, the everyday anxiety and stress that all parents deal with is made worse by the fact that failing to keep up with treatment can be a matter of life and death.

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Alina Morawska, Amy Mitchell
2015
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How to Help Children Cope with a Sibling’s Chronic Illness

When a family member is diagnosed with a chronic illness, he or she is not the only person who has to deal with the diagnosis—the entire family is affected by it.

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Andrea M. Risi
2014
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Helping Your Child Cope with a Chronically Ill Parent

In 1990, my mother wrote an article for the Journal of Contemporary Dialysis and Nephrology [1] instructing parents with chronic illness on how to help their children cope.

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Rebecca B. Skolnick
2018
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