The Kingston Youth Services is hosting an upcoming free online parent information session on cultivating a body-positive environment at home. The following is an outline of the online session provided by the Youth Service Team Leader Tanya Marques. 

Empowering Your Teen: Building a Body-Positive Home

Raising a teenager comes with unique challenges, and navigating body image can be one of the toughest. This informative session equips parents with practical tools to cultivate a body-positive environment at home.

We'll delve into strategies for promoting healthy self-esteem, preventing eating issues, and fostering healthy behaviours in your teen. Learn how to:

•         Encourage Body Kindness: Discover ways to promote positive self-talk and appreciation for all bodies.
•         Navigate Negative Thoughts: Equip yourself with techniques to respond effectively when your teen expresses negativity towards themselves or others.
•         Focus on Wellbeing: Shift the focus from appearance to healthy habits and overall well-being.

This session goes beyond simply understanding eating disorders; it empowers you to proactively cultivate a supportive and nurturing environment for your teen to thrive.

Reserve your spot today and join us in raising confident and healthy young adults!

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The Resilience Project

Classes are continuing to identify and recognise the GEM principles: gratitude, empathy, mindfulness and emotional literacy in themselves and in others at school and beyond. We would like to extend an invitation for families to use GEM chats at home. Each newsletter we will include some GEM chat ideas you might like to share as a family. The chat needs to only be 2-5 minutes long and can be done at any time eg: in the car on the way home, at the dinner table or while doing homework. Developing these chats at home helps to continue to make connections with sessions completed in the classroom. Each principle has a matching colour to assist in identifying the focus. Gratitude is orange, mindfulness is purple, empathy is green and emotional literacy is pink.

Have a great week.

Maree