The Spark Blog

Category: Time to Talk Day

  • How to Talk to Children About Mental Health

    How to Talk to Children About Mental Health

    In part 2 of our Time to Talk Day series, we are continuing to look at how to talk to children about mental health. Each year Time to Talk Day encourages adults to start conversations about mental health with friends, family and co-workers. This year, The Spark is focusing on the tricky issue of how…

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  • Talking to Kids About Emotions

    Talking to Kids About Emotions

    Each year Time to Talk Day encourages us to open up and talk about our emotions and mental health. This year we are looking at how parents can talk to their kids about mental health. Specifically, tips for grown-ups on the tricky issue of talking to kids about emotions. As a leading provider of counselling…

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  • How to teach kids good mental health at home

    How to teach kids good mental health at home

    During Children’s Mental Health Week, it might be worth thinking about The World Health Organisation’s figures that “around 1 in 5 of the world’s children and adolescents have a mental disorder” and that “about half of mental disorders begin before the age of 14”. In context, government data suggests 10% of children and young people…

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