Emotional Wellbeing Resources
Supporting emotional well-being in kids and teens involves various approaches. This includes nurturing emotional intelligence, teaching coping skills, and providing a supportive environment. By helping your children and teens develop resilience and emotional well-being they'll be better equipped to navigate life's challenges more effectively.
Emotional wellbeing can be fun!
Check out these great tools to help develop good emotional health in your kids, and do a little family bonding too.
Tips for developing emotional well-being
- 5 ways to (respectfully) disagree | Cook Children's
- 5 ways to know your feelings better | Cook Children's
- Abuse: what if I need help right now? | Cook Children's
- Abuse: what you need to know | Cook Children's
- Apologizing: when, why and how | Cook Children's
- Asking for help: getting past obstacles | Cook Children's
- Assertiveness | Cook Children's
- Childhood fears and worries | Cook Children's
- Childhood stress: how parents can help | Cook Children's
- Chores and responsibility | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Communication skills start at home | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Coping when a parent has an alcohol or drug problem | Cook Children's
- Coping with divorce | Cook Children's
- Dealing with addiction | Cook Children's
- Dealing with difficult emotions | Cook Children's
- Dealing with divorce | Cook Children's
- Disasters: how families can help | Cook Children's
- Disciplining your toddler | Cook Children's
- Emotional eating | Cook Children's
- How can I get my parents to give me private time with my doctor? | Cook Children's
- How can I take charge of my own medical care? | Cook Children's
- How do I get checked for STDs without my parents knowing? | Cook Children's
- How media use can affect kids | Cook Children's
- How negative emotions help | Cook Children's
- How positive thoughts and emotions help you | Cook Children's
- How to have a family meeting | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Managing your emotional reactions | Cook Children's
- Managing your toddler's behavior | Cook Children's
- Running away | Cook Children's
- Safe exploring for toddlers | Cook Children's
- Separation anxiety | Cook Children's
- Talking to your child about sex | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Talking to your parents | Cook Children's
- Talking to your parents about depression | Cook Children's
- Talking to your parents or other adults | Cook Children's
- Talking to your teen about being adopted | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Teaching your child self-control | Cook Children's
- Teens: talking to your doctor | Cook Children's
- Understanding other people | Cook Children's
- Understanding your child's temperament and why it's important | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Welcome home yoga (video) | Cook Children's
- What is divorce? | Cook Children's
- When it's just you after school | Cook Children's
- Why do I fight with my parents so much? | Cook Children's
- Childhood exposure to violence | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Coping with stress and violence at home | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Coping with trauma | Cook Children's
- Coping with trauma - infants and toddlers | Cook Children's
- Coping with trauma - preschool | Cook Children's
- Coping with trauma - school age | Cook Children's
- Coping with trauma - teens | Cook Children's
- Everybody gets mad: helping your child cope with conflict
- Finding mental health care for your child | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Getting your family prepared for a disaster | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Helping children handle stress | American Academy of Pediatrics
- How families can cope with relocation stress after a disaster | American Academy of Pediatrics
- How to talk about mental health with your child and their pediatrician | American Academy of Pediatrics
- How to talk to your children after an act of terrorism
- Hurricanes and floods: taking care of your children and yourself | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Just breathe: the importance of meditation breaks for kids | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Mental health care providers for kids: who's who | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Music and mood | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Nightmares, night terrors and sleepwalking | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Peer pressure | Cook Children's
- Rejection and how to handle it | Cook Children's
- Permission to unplug: the health benefits of yoga for kids | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Post traumatic stress disorder - can children have it? | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Resiliency of military children video | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Staying cool when things heat up | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Supporting your child's resilience in a time of crisis | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Taking a mental health day off from school: a pediatrician-mom's perspective | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Talking with children about disasters | American Academy of Pediatrics
- 3 ways to increase positive emotions | Cook Children's
- 3 ways to practice gratitude | Cook Children's
- 5 ways to cope with anxiety | Cook Children's
- 5 ways to know your feelings better | Cook Children's
- 5 ways to (respectfully) disagree | Cook Children's
- 5 ways to shake shyness | Cook Children's
- 10 ways to manage everyday stress | Cook Children's
- Being happier | Cook Children's
- Body image and self-esteem | Cook Children's
- Choosing your mood | Cook Children's
- Emotional intelligence | Cook Children's
- Fears and phobias | Cook Children's
- How can I improve my self-esteem? | Cook Children's
- Managing your emotional reactions | Cook Children's
- Childhood depression: what parents need to know | Cook Children's
- Childhood fears and worries | Cook Children's
- Childhood stress: how parents can help | Cook Children's
- Choosing your mood | Cook Children's
- Coping with stress | Cook Children's
- Dealing with difficult emotions| Cook Children's
- Dealing with feelings when you're overweight | Cook Children's
- Disasters: how to help | Cook Children's
- Emotional eating | Cook Children's
- Emotional intelligence | Cook Children's
- Gratitude | Cook Children's
- Gratitude: a worksheet | Cook Children's
- Grief | Cook Children's
- Grief: when a loved one dies: how to help your child | Cook Children's
- Grief: when a pet dies | Cook Children's
- Helping kids when they worry | Cook Children's
- How can I improve my self-esteem? | Cook Children's
- How negative emotions help | Cook Children's
- How positive thoughts and emotions help you | Cook Children's
- Optimism: positive thinking | Cook Children's
- Rejection and how to handle it | Cook Children's
- Rejection: how well do you cope? (quiz) | Cook Children's
- Shyness | Cook Children's
- Stress and coping center | Cook Children's
- Stress less over tests | Cook Children's
- Understanding your emotions | Cook Children's
- What is stress? | Cook Children's
- Yoga: meditation and breathing | Cook Children's
- Your child's self-esteem | Cook Children's
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