Children's Mental Health Blog

As we prepare for a new “normal” that includes the return of many extracurricular activities, and a lack of masking requirements, some may be experiencing apprehension. Here are some tips for parents to help them navigate back to school in 2022.

It can be hard to support a routine when school is out in the summer. This list of activities and resources will hopefully help you with ideas of what to do with your kids for the rest of the month so you can start planning the rest of your summer.

Extreme heat can worsen mental health issues like depression or anxiety. While a sunny summer day may seem like perfect weather, it is important to be hyper-aware of the summer heat on our mental and overall health. Here is a list of 10 tips on how to stay cool this summer!

In the first year of the pandemic, the “global prevalence of anxiety increased by a massive 25%,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This increase includes children. In recognition of Children’s Mental Health Week, here are five simple strategies you can try when a child is experiencing anxiety.

For National Nursing Week in Canada, we sat down with our very own Nurse Carley to talk about what she does as a Registered Nurse every single day at our Children’s Mental Health Centre.

Parenting x-ray vision allows you to look beneath the difficult behaviour and peer inside your child to figure out what is driving or fueling the behaviour.

Anxiety is a typical reaction to perceived danger. It tells us something potentially scary is about to happen and helps our body get ready to respond to the danger by triggering the fight-flight-freeze response. Below are some tips to try when experiencing anxiety.

Emotion coaching is how we get back to the ground floor. It can help to increase cooperation, de-escalate situations, and teaches emotion regulation. Through our words and tone of voice, we can demonstrate empathy and that we “get it” and can try to co-regulate those big feelings.

Imagine you are about to celebrate your child’s 21st birthday. What kind of person do you hope they will be? What kind of relationship do you want with them?

Shame is common and one of the ways we keep ourselves safe. It notifies us when we behave in unacceptable ways and prompts us to correct the situation, but sometimes shame takes over. Here are 4 tips to overcoming shame.