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Mental Health Conversations with Your Child/Young Person

Why You Might Want to Talk to Your Children About Their Feelings

There can be a number of reasons why you want to talk to your children about their emotions. These may include the following:

  • You’ve noticed your child is acting differently, and you are concerned about them.
  • Something has recently happened that might have affected your child, and you want to check in to see how they are doing.
  • You want to help your child to feel more comfortable talking about their feelings in general.

It can be so tricky to bring up difficult topics, and talking about emotions with your children can sometimes feel more than a little daunting for parents and carers. You may worry about saying the wrong thing, making your child feel uncomfortable and even worry about making them feel worse. But the fact you want to explore emotions with your child is enough even if sometimes it doesn't go as planned. 

Here we have some handy tips on how you could begin talking to your children about their feelings.

Early Warning Signs

How you can support your child/signpost them to support (anxiety, depression and other key presenting issues).

Thanks to Kooth for the information for this page.