Positive Thinking: Books to Teach Your Child About Mental Health

Positive Thinking: Books to Teach Your Child About Mental Health

There are many health benefits of reading for all ages (read benefits of books here!). Let us also assure all the parents reading this, that there are good books out there to facilitate you in teaching your kids about what mental health is in the most child-friendly manner. Buying and reading these books to your children. will build your child’s exposure to books and might end up inculcating in them a life-long relationship with books and reading! Children can learn a lot through reading and this is one of the great things about the different books available!

 

Read on to discover some amazing mental health books you can buy for your children and the range of topics they cover.

Channelizing negative emotions

Children are too young to draw a line between positive and negative emotions and the energy that accompanies each. Consequently, they are also not familiar with how to react when they feel a certain way. Here is a wonderful book to introduce your young ones with negative emotions and the physical sensations they stir. The book doesn’t end here but also goes a step ahead to help children deal with these emotions and the sensations that accompany them.

Sometimes we feel… SadBook: Sometimes we feel… Sad
Author: Louise Jane Brady

 

 

 

 

Channelling thoughts

This book about little Amaya will expose you and your child to the many thoughts they may have and will also allow your child to differentiate helpful thoughts from hurtful ones. Just as Amaya with the help of her mother learns to turn hurtful thoughts into helpful ones.

Amaya Learns About Her ThoughtsBook: Amaya Learns About Her Thoughts
Author: Sapna Sachdeva

 

 

 

 

Choosing positivity

Here is Lola; a not-so-extraordinary girl! She is not very popular and not liked by many at school. Yet, she chooses to be happy every day. This is a must-have mental health book. This will teach them to celebrate their existence and not wanting to be perfect, yet perfectly happy in their imperfectness.

Be Positive with LolaBook: Be Positive with Lola
Author: Miss B

 

 

 

 

Acquiring mindfulness

Though children do not have busy lives like adults, they have their own activities which keep them occupied all day. This book is a gift to teach your child all about mindfulness. Through a little character Moby, the book conveys how to practice to be mindful even when you have to act on your instincts.

Mindful MobyBook: Mindful Moby
Author: Cathryn Gordon

 

 

 

 

Accepting ups and downs

A Monkey Called Smoochie is a book to help you through this. Your child will be able to learn about separation and family breakups. No doubt, it will still cause her/him pain but having read this book, your child might be able to cope better. This is one of the most-friendly self-help books for little ones!

A Monkey Called SmoochieBook: A Monkey Called Smoochie
Author: PRG Collins

 

 

 

 

School

Millie and the Big Fat Bully will teach your kids how to deal with bullies and how not to remain silent about it. It is very important that your child knows what is bullying behaviour so that they can counter it, or least, inform you about it

Millie and the Big Fat BullyBook: Millie and the Big Fat Bully
Author: Marwa Abdelrahman

 

 

 

 

We hope this helps you impart all the learning you wish to your children!

 

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