Everyone has lots of different feelings, and all of them are okay. Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Pre-K is an Emmy-nominated video series, based on mental health research. It was created to make important mental health skills available to preschool children (age 3 to 5). See the series here: childmind.org/healthymindspr…

The job of parents isn’t to provide certainty in moments of uncertainty. It’s to help kids tolerate the uncertainty better. Read more of our resources on supporting kids through various common challenges, such as setbacks or rejection: childmind.org/topics/support…

A guide to helping kids feel safe again after trauma and recover in a healthy way. childmind.org/guide/helping-…

Revoking phone privileges may seem like an effective punishment for teen misbehavior. But one expert warns: “When you remove a teen’s lifeline to their friends, there will be a major emotional backlash, a breakdown of the parent-child relationship.” childmind.org/article/when-s…

Some kids seem to have trouble handling the information their senses take in—things like sound, touch, taste, sight, and smell. Besides these common senses, there are also two other less well known ones that can be affected—proprioception, or a sense of body awareness, and vestibular sense, which involves movement, balance, and coordination. Kids with sensory processing issues experience too much or too little stimulation through these senses. They may also have difficulty integrating sensory information—for example things that they see and hear simultaneously, like a person speaking—might seem out of sync for them. These problems can be tough on kids, and get in the way of them functioning effectively, learning, and making friends. Sensory processing disorder is not considered a clinical diagnosis. Most mental health professionals do recognize that sensory processing differences are real. However, they don’t consider them to be a disorder in itself. For more of our resources on sensory processing in kids: childmind.org/topics/sensory…