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Children’s Health Council Partners with Brightlife Kids and Soluna to Expand Access to Mental Health Support

Children’s Health Council (CHC), a leader in providing comprehensive support for the mental and emotional well–being of children, teens, and young adults, is proud to announce a partnership with Brightlife Kids and Soluna—digital platforms that offer coaching support, mental health Read more >>

Supporting Children and Teens Through the Upcoming Presidential Election

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, political talk is everywhere—on TV, social media, bumper stickers, at the dinner table, in classrooms, and in the background of everyday conversations. If you think your kids aren’t paying attention, think again. Read more >>

Validating Your Child’s Emotions

Emotional validation is recognizing someone else’s feelings or needs without judgment. You don’t have to agree with someone’s perspective to validate their emotions. You just have to show the person that you understand how they could feel the way they… Read more >>

The Importance of Learning to Let Go

It’s the start of a new school year, and parents of college students everywhere are helping their kids pack up and head back to campus. But for some families, sending their kids off to college doesn’t mean letting go…in fact, Read more >>

Help Your Teen Cope with Stress

Teenagers face a variety of stresses. Whatever the cause, starting down the road to adulthood has its own special challenges. Read more >>

Children and Gender Identity: Supporting Your Child

If your child has questions about gender identity or gender expression, you probably have questions too. Find out what you can do to help and support your child. What are the basics of gender identity? Sex assigned at birth and Read more >>

Teaching Kids Digital Citizenship

In this Voices of Compassion episode, we talk with Eisha Buch, Director, Education Programs & Development for Common Sense Education, about helping students develop a sense of digital agency so that they can truly thrive in a tech-filled world with Read more >>

Understand How Teens Think

We want our children to make wise, well-reasoned decisions. Our desire to keep them safe drives our need to shape those decisions. How we talk to our tweens and teens can make the difference between whether they absorb our lessons Read more >>

Parents, It’s Time to Talk to Your Child About Vaping

Parents, have you talked to your kids about vaping nicotine yet? If you have an older kid or a teenager, it’s likely they will encounter e-cigarettes at some point. They often contain more nicotine than regular cigarettes, which makes them Read more >>

3 Research-Backed Tips for Teaching Forgiveness to Children

Forgiving and moving on is just as important in repairing a relationship as apologizing and making up for a mistake. As adults, we know the importance of forgiveness in our relationships, but what about for our children? How do they Read more >>

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