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August is Family Fun Month and Getting Ready for Kindergarten Month

August is Family Fun Month and Getting Ready for Kindergarten Month

August is Family Fun Month and Getting Ready for Kindergarten Month. These two ideas go hand in hand.

If you are a parent of preschoolers, you have been placed in the privileged position of building our next generation. Though raising preschoolers has moments of challenge, building fun and learning into your parenting practice makes the job all the more rewarding. You’re bonding with your children and they’re learning and growing along the way!

Intellectual skills are not the only important aspect of incorporating education into your parenting. Bonding with your children is a natural lead into supporting their emotional health. To support the emotional health of your preschooler, first make sure you are taking care of your own mental health. Children thrive when their caregivers can model adaptive management to the ups and downs life brings. It's also important for parents to know that helping your children grow up emotionally-healthy does not require an advanced degree!

You have everything you need to help your kids grow up emotionally resilient–relationship building isn’t rocket science! Give children structure, encouragement, point out their strengths, and openly show them your unconditional love. Modeling these healthy practices will go far in them becoming healthy, mature adults.

If you're struggling as a parent. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Programs like Appleseed's SPARK initiative or your local Help-Me-Grow program are designed to help you be successful.

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Social Work Month

Social Work Month

March is Social Work Month. Appleseed Community Mental Health Center is helping celebrate this year’s Social Work Month with the theme “Social Work Breaks Barriers,” to highlight how social workers have enriched our society by empowering people and communities to overcome hurdles that prevent them from living life to the fullest.

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National Day of Unplugging

National Day of Unplugging

March 3 is the National Day of Unplugging. It is a 24 hour period from sundown today to sundown tomorrow,  to carve out time to unplug, relax, reflect, be active, visit the outdoors, and connect with loved ones.

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World Teen Mental Wellness Day

World Teen Mental Wellness Day

March 2 is world-teen-mental-wellness-day. The Hollister company founded this day is 2020 to raise awareness of adolescent mental health issues. Surveys and research studies indicate that Teens and college students are more anxious now than they have ever been. Fortunately, depression and anxiety are things that we can tackle.

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