Student Wellbeing

Raising Happy Resilient Young People

Michael Carr-Gregg’s presentation on Raising Happy Resilient Young People was fantastic. I wrote lots of notes that I would like to share with you. My main take aways were:

Ensure protective behaviours are in place

• Another charismatic parent
• School safety
• Caring friends
• Safe neighbourhood
• Knowing where to go for help
• Strong relationship with parent

If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it

Edit self-talk

See life as it is but focus on the good bits

When we are together, everything is better

Parenting tips

• Have a developmental perspective
• Set limits and boundaries
• Have consequences
• Create family rituals - a sense of ‘us-ness’
• Use vitamin “n” - NO!
• Be kind

SLEEP, EXERCISE & DIET are vitally important.

It’s easier to build strong children than repair broken ones.

Michael Carr-Gregg  will be back in Sorrento next year. Here are some of his book titles for those interested:

• Starting Secondary School
• Surviving Adolescents 
• The Prince Boofhead Syndrome
• The Princess Bitchface Syndrome
• Strictly Parenting