Raising Mentally Healthy Kids: What Every Parent Needs to Know | Advice from a Licensed Mental Health Therapist
Is there anything more important than your child’s mental health? In this episode, Maria Winters, a Licensed Mental Health Therapist, takes the lead on often-overlooked ways parents can support their kids’ emotional well-being.
Maria shares practical strategies to help children navigate their emotions while also making the case that parents need to do the work on themselves first.
In this episode:
Why modeling healthy coping strategies is more powerful than any lecture
The hidden ways parents pass down emotional struggles without realizing it
How to create a home environment that normalizes talking about mental health
Why boredom, failure, and distress are actually good for kids
The difference between truly listening to your child versus just hearing them
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