Five ways to support your children’s mental health

Emerging Minds consulted with practitioners and those with lived experience and found families are feeling overwhelmed and unclear about how to support the mental health and wellbeing of their children.  

With the aim of supporting these families, we developed ‘the PERCS of parenting’, which outline five key areas parents can use to help support their children. The PERCS provide guidance on: parent-child relationship; emotions and behaviours; routines, communication and meaning-making; and support networks.  

In this episode host Alicia Ranford is joined by Emerging Minds Practice Development Officer, Jacquie Lee. Jacquie talks through each key area and how parents can use the PERCS to support their children’s mental health and wellbeing.  

In this episode you will learn: 

• Parent–child relationships [00:5:15].
• Emotions and behaviours [00:09:08].
• Routines [00:12:12].
• Communication and meaning making [00:16:15].
• Support networks [00:20:31]. 

Further information and resources:

Parent–child relationship: How positive connections support children’s wellbeing 

Emotions and behaviours: Understanding and supporting children’s feelings and responses 

Routines: Creating family routines to support children’s mental health 

Communication and meaning-making: Why good communication is key to children’s mental health 

Support networks: Building support networks for you and your child