Mental health resources for kids
Articles and resources to help kids.
Thoughts/Feelings/Emotions
- Being afraid
- Crushes
- Dealing with peer pressure
- Depression
- Disasters
- How can I feel better about my body
- How to be a good sport
- How to handle abuse
- Kids talk about: Feeling scared
- My pet died – how can I feel better?
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Phobias
- Shyness
- Stuttering
- Taking charge of anger
- Talking about your feelings
- Talkihng to your parents
- The story of self-esteem
- The story of stress
- Train your temper
- What kids say about: Worrying
- What’s the right weight for me?
- When somebody dies
- Why am I so sad?
- Worry less in 3 steps
- Yoga for lowering stress
Behaviors
Home and Family
- Being adopted
- Foster families
- Getting along with brothers and sisters
- Getting along with parents
- How to handle abuse
- Kids talk about: Brothers and sisters
- Kids with special needs
- Living with a single parent
- Living with grandparents
- Living with stepparents
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Phobias
- Running away
- Talking to your parents
- Things to expect when your mom is pregnant
- Welcoming a new baby into your family
- What is a divorce?
- What kids who are moving should do
- What should I do if my family fights?
- When it’s just you after school
- When you are a twin or triplet
- When your parents fight
Friends
School
- A world without bullying: Brigitte’s story
- Cheating
- Dealing with bullies
- Five steps for fighting stress
- Getting along with teachers
- Getting homework help
- Getting your period at school
- Going back to school
- How do I help a kid who’s bullied
- Kids with special needs
- Kurt Warner: What middle school was like for me
- Moving to middle school
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Organize, focus, get it done
- Phobias
- Six steps to smarter studying
- Stuttering
- The real deal on repeating a grade
- The scoop on gossip
- What kids say about: Bullying
- What kids say about: School
- What to do if you don’t like school
- When tests make you nervous
Safe Help: Who Can I Trust?
Tough Topics
Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking
- Alchohol
- Helping a parent who smokes
- What kids say about: Drinking alcohol
- What kids say about: Tobacco
- What you need to know about drugs
- What you need to know about drugs: Cocaine and crack
- What you need to know about drugs: Depressants
- What you need to know about drugs: Ecstacy
- What you need to know about drugs: GHB
- What you need to know about drugs: Heroin
- What you need to know about dugs: Inhalants
- What you need to know about drugs: LSD
- What you need to know about drugs: Marijuana
- What you need to know about dugs: Methamphetamines