Module 6

Understanding Your Child’s Mental Health and Well-Being

As a parent, it is important to understand more about your child’s mental health and well-being so you can better care for them. In this module, you will learn the various aspects of mental well-being and how to recognise signs that may signal a need for concern and support.

Topics include:

What is mental health and well-being

Identifying signs of concern

What is mental health and well-being

Just as you care for your child’s physical health during their growing years, it is also essential that you care for their mental well-being. By gaining a better understanding of what mental well-being is, common misconceptions about it and the factors that can affect it, you can provide your child with better support that meets their needs.

Sub-topics

(i) The link between mental health, mental well-being, and mental health conditions

3 min

(ii) Myths and misconceptions about mental health

4 min

(iii) What could affect your child’s risk of developing mental health conditions

4 min

Identifying signs of concern

As you support your child through their childhood and teenage years, you may notice them struggle but be unsure of when it is a cause for concern. It is thus important that you learn to recognise what feelings and behaviours are concerning and when to seek further support.