Pre-Teen Talking Tips from Intermountain Health: Emotional & Social Wellbeing
Intermountain Children’s Health’s “Talk to Tweens” is a free, emotional wellbeing toolkit for parents available at TalkToTweens.org.
Pre-teen emotional well-being starts with spending time with them, talking to them – and encouraging them to talk to you. But how do you begin?
Intermountain Children’s Health’s “Talk to Tweens” is a free, emotional wellbeing toolkit for parents available at TalkToTweens.org. It has conversation-starters, ways to identify and talk with kids about their feelings, and help kids manage challenging emotions and situations.
“As a parent, you help your children learn skills to walk, talk, eat, and learn,” said Karlee Kump, community health programs manager at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital. “As they grow into tweens, they need new skills to navigate feelings and emotions – and you’re the best person to help.”
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