Next week is children’s mental health week and the theme this year is “ Know yourself, grow yourself”. In our schools our children will be exploring the different parts of themselves – the kind part, the mean part, the lazy part, the super competitive part. They will be meeting their big feelings and learning that all our emotions have a place and a job and it is important to make room for every single one. The tide has finally started to change and we are now beginning to support our young people to shift themselves from a “BUT” to an “AND” From “I would like to go to the party BUT I am feeling anxious about going” to “I would like to go to the party AND I am feeling anxious about going” This may appear to be a benign change but within these small words lies so much agency both for ourselves and for our children. Within this context imagine your child has been invited to a playdate. They are super excited and they are super anxious. Their mind ...