Tag Archive | Mental Health Awareness Month

Six Ideas for Helping Kids Cope With Stress

by Sara Bybee, LCSW Center for Safe & Healthy Families You might catch a glimpse of your kids playing outside, seemingly without a care in the world and wonder what could children possibly stress about? While we may think that kids only worry about what to play at recess or what after-school snack to choose, […]

Mental Health and Your Child

by Sara Jackson, CSW Center for Safe & Healthy Families The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 20 percent (or 1 in 5) children have a mental illness. That means that nearly 5 million children in the United States have some type of mental disorder that significantly interferes with their daily living. In fact, […]