Miss Marg's

 Mental Health Motivations

Positive Connections Support Children's Well-being.

Children thrive on positive connection and quality time with you and other significant adults in their life. Making time to play, chat or just hang out together reminds your child that they’re loved and that you enjoy being with them. It also creates opportunities to talk about what’s going on in their life. All these moments build your child’s sense of self-worth and knowledge that they’re likeable, which gives them the confidence to build their own relationships and friendships and explore the world around them.

There’s no such thing as perfect parenting and no such thing as a perfect parent and child relationship. Even though we would aspire for more, research shows we only have to get it right about 30% of the time to still have a child who feels like they have a strong bond and a healthy relationship with their family.

You might like to take a few minutes to think about your relationship with your child (or each of your children if you have more than one) and any ways you can strengthen your bond with them.

• How would you describe your relationship with your child?
• How do you think they would describe their relationship with you? What do you think they’d say is the best part?
• When do you feel most connected with them?
• When do you think they feel most connected with you?
• If there’s been times you felt disconnected, what helped bring you closer again?
• What is something you think your child would like to do together with you?