How to raise mentally strong kids

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2. About the
Presenter
● Ms.Sunanda is a Positive Mental
Health Practitioner and Mindfulness
Trainer
● Have degrees in Psychology and
Counselling
● Member of Many International,
National and State level Associations
● Facilitated many training programmes
in online and offline
● Experience in Child and Corporate
training
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3. Acknowledgement
● Thanks to Redpond Educational and Psychological
Research Centre for presentation designing
● Thanks to various researchers for their valuable
contribution
● Thank you to google image search for the pictures in
the presentation
● Thank you to my friends and family for their support
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4. 13 percent of adolescents aged
10–19 is estimated to live with a
diagnosed mental disorder.
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5. ● Mental health crises are on the rise.
● From March 2020 to October 2020, mental health–related emergency department
visits increased 24% for children ages 5 to 11 and
● 31% for those ages 12 to 17 compared with 2019 emergency department visits,
according to CDC data
Source -(Leeb, R. T., et al., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 69, No. 45, 2020).
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6. Worldwide, more than 20% of
children and adolescents
experience a mental disorder, but
the majority of them do not seek
help or receive care.
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7. Suicide is the fourth leading
cause of death in 15-19
year-olds.
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8. The consequences of not
addressing mental health and
psychosocial development for
children and adolescents extend
to adulthood and
limit opportunities for leading
fulfilling lives
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9. Stressors of Children
Some of the stressors children are early negative
experiences inat homes, schools, or digital spaces, such
as
● exposure to violence,
● the mental illness of a parent or other caregiver,
● academic pressure
● bullying and poverty,
● Internet and gaming addiction
increase the risk of mental illness and make them weak.
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10. Causes
Mental health conditions, such as
● childhood epilepsy,
● developmental disabilities,
● depression,
● anxiety and
● behavioural disorders
are major causes of illness and disability among children.
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11. Children and
adolescents acquire
cognitive and social-
emotional skills that
shape their future
mental health and are
important for
assuming adult roles
in society.
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12. Wayforward
WHO supports Member
States in the development
and implementation of
multisectoral, evidence-
informed and human-rights-
based strategies for the
promotion of mental health,
prevention of mental health
conditions and provision of
mental health care for
children, adolescents and
their families.
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13. Priority
●Make it a family priority to take care of
your mind.
●Most parents talk to kids about the
importance of caring for their bodies.
They tell them to brush their teeth and
they talk about eating healthy and getting
exercise. But few parents talk about the
importance of caring for their minds.
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14. Talk about feelings Studies show 60 percent of students say they were
academically prepared, but not emotionally prepared.
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15. Teach your child how
to think realistically.
When your child expresses self-doubt,
excessive self-blame, catastrophic
predictions, or exaggeratedly negative
thoughts, teach him how to think
differently. Show him how to recognize
unhelpful thoughts and reframe them in a
more realistic way
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16. Role model how to
take positive action.
Be a good role model and show your child
that you behave contrary to your feelings
sometimes. Say things like, "I am feeling kind
of tired right now, but I know it's a good
choice to go make dinner for us rather than
just sit here and watch TV."
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17. Actively engage in
problem-solving
It can be tempting to swoop in and solve kids'
problems for them.
But they need opportunities to practice
building problem-solving skills.
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18. Build Mental Strength as
a Family
● Make it clear that everyone needs mental strength in
life--not just kids.
● Talk about strategies to become mentally stronger
and turn mistakes and problems into teachable
moments.
● Just make sure our kids don't confuse being strong
with acting tough.
● Denying pain or refusing to show emotions isn't
strength.
● Mental strength involves becoming our best self, and
we all have room for improvement.
● Show our kids that self-development is a priority in
our life and you'll make it a priority in their lives too.
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19. Strategies for
Preparing Strong Kids
● Role Model Mental Strength.
● Show the Child How to Face Fears.
● Teach Specific Skills.
● Teach Emotion Regulation Skills.
● Let allow child Make Mistakes.
● Encourage Healthy Self-Talk.
● Allow the Child to Feel Uncomfortable
in some occasions.
● Affirm Personal Responsibility.
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20. Mental Toughness
Psychologist Dr Peter Clough and businessman
Doug Strycharczyk, authors of the book Developing
Mental Toughness, describe mental toughness as a
personality trait that determines, in large part, how
people respond to challenge, stress, and pressure,
irrespective of their circumstances.
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21. Pillars of Mental
Toughness
According to Peter Clough and Doug Strycharczyk, the
four pillars of mental toughness are:
1. Challenge: seeing challenge as an opportunity
2. Confidence: having high levels of self-belief
3. Commitment: being able to stick to tasks
4. Control: believing everyone has control over their
destiny
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22. Mental Strength
Mental strength is what we need to reach our greatest
potential, during good times and bad. It has three parts:
1. Regulating our thoughts - not overly positive or
negative, but thinking realistically.
2. Controlling our emotions - we have control over how
we feel, we can take steps to calm self down when
angry.
3. Taking positive action - It's all about the choices we
make every day.
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23. Thank You
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