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'Know yourself, grow yourself' this Children's Mental Health Week

With one in five children experiencing mental health challenges, Good Thinking is supporting Children’s Mental Health Week 2025

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Organised by the charity Place2Be, this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week (3-9 February) aims to encourage children, teenagers and adults to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them so they can grow and develop resilience, as well as set an example for future generations.

With the theme being ‘Know yourself, grow yourself’, Place2Be says, “The more we understand about ourselves, the better we're prepared to tackle life's ups and downs. During Children’s Mental Health Week, we want to celebrate children and young people building resilience, embracing self-awareness and forming strong connections with others.”

Our own conversations with Good Thinking's Digital Health Ambassadors (aged 16 to 25) have shown that young people are very aware of how their behaviour changes when they feel anxious, stressed or overwhelmed.

“I’m quite quiet and I’ll distance myself from my friend group,” said one young person, whilst another told us, “I’m not good at telling other people how I’m feeling and looking for help.”

In recent years, we’ve developed a series of guides to help Londoners, including young people, support others who might be struggling with their mental health (see link below). So, we also asked the DHAs about how they start conversations with their friends.

One young person suggested “A simple ‘how are you?’, checking up, maybe in a text message if you don’t want to say it face to face” is a good starting point. Another noted the importance of giving friends a safe space to talk. As they said, “Even just letting them know, I’m here any time you need me. If and when you’re ready to open up, feel free to come to me.”

Of course, parents, carers, teachers, health and care professionals and other adults play a vital role in helping children and young people to understand themselves better and become more resilient.

Here at Good Thinking, we provide a wide range of resources to help adults support children and young people (see links below). Our partners at Thrive LDN also offer resources for schools and, to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2025, they have launched a new framework for health and care professionals who may be supporting families following a traumatic bereavement. 

 

Want to get involved with Children’s Mental Health Week? Follow #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek on social media and at @Place2BeCharity on Facebook and @_Place2Be on Instagram

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