Healthy Habits

Topics:

Mental Health – Self Harm – Suicide - Substance Abuse - Eating Disorders - Body Image - Sports - Parenting -

Phase Guide - Healthy Habits  0-18 - Start here

Mental Health

Start Here:

• Parents Guide to Depression and Anxiety - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Mental Health - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.
• Conversation Kit: Emotions - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Depression and Anxiety - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Anxiety  -  These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Mental Health Literacy (PDF) - A deeper dive into teen anxiety.
• Child Mind Institute (Article)  - Science, education and care when it comes to the mind.
• Teen Survey what they lie to parents about (Article) Josh Shipp
• APA Guidelines for Men and Boys (Article)
• The Power of Vulnerability (video) - Brene Brown
• Listening to Shame (video) - Brene Brown
• The Feelings wheel – This has been helpful for students in 4:12 to my marriage.

Suicide, Self Harm & Eating Disorders

Start Here: 

• Parents Guide to Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide ot Eating Disorders These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Doubt - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide ot Eating Disorders These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Self Harm (Spotify - Apple Podcast)  – Volunteer Youth worker podcast-  This podcast was put out for youth workers but has a leading child psychologist talk about self-harm.

• How to help students who are hurting (Spotify - Apple Podcast) -Volunteer Youth worker podcast – This podcast is again for youth workers but has a leading child psychologist talk about depression and anxiety.  

Body Image

Start Here: 

• Parents Guide to Body positivity - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.

Explore with your Student: 

• Perfectly Unique: Praising God from Head to Foot - Annie Downs (book)

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Body positivity - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• #Struggles: Following Jesus in A Selfie World (book) - Craig Groeschel
• ESPN Article on Social Media, Body Image, and Suicide (Article)

Substance Abuse 

Start Here:

• Parents Gudie to Addiction  These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Drugs - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.
• Conversation Kit: Addiction - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Teens and Alcohol - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Fentanyl and Opioids - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Weed - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Addiction - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. (Article)
• I’ve seen what Cannabis can do (Article)
• Effects of Alcohol on the Brain (Article) - Comprehensive guide to alcoholism, the effects on the brain, and recovery.
• What does vaping do to your lungs (Article)
• Christians and Weed (Article) - From a buddy of mine, thoughtful things to consider.

Other Healthy Habits:

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Teen FOMO - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Fitness - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Sabbath and Rest - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Teen Identity - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Fear and Worry These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Profanity  (These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.

Sports

Start Here:

• How to think through extra curricular activities. - Harris Creek Church 

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Sports - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Parenting 

Grow as a Parent:

• Axis blogs - Lists of parenting help and tips 
• 14 Gospel Principles of Parenting - Paul David Tripp (book) 
• Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World (Book)
• Intentional Father – Jon Tyson (Book)
• Take Back Your Family – Jeff Bethke (Book)
• Habits of the household - Justin Whitmel Earley (Book)

• The Parenting Prophecy -  (Article)Atlantic article. How someone was raised often shows up in how they raise their own kids—for better or worse.
• Raising Passionate Jesus Followers: The Power of Intentional Parenting by Phil and Diane Comer (Book)