{"id":134,"date":"2020-05-12T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2022-05-08T18:49:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T18:49:26","slug":"mental-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/mental-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Positive mental health is essential at every stage of life, from childhood to adulthood. It affects how we act, think and feel as well as the choices we make, how to handle stress and how we relate to others.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/colourful-rainbow-hearts-row-hand-drawn-line-177362653.jpg\" alt=\"Colourful Rainbow Hearts In A Row. Stock Illustration ...\" width=\"318\" height=\"131\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We All Have Mental Health\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxIDKZHW3-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>This page contains resources and activities that are suitable for your child.<\/h4>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\">Loneliness<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Loneliness can affect people of any age; we often associate it with our elderly population, but it cuts across all ages and stages in life. Feeling lonely isn\u2019t a mental health problem, but the two are strongly linked. Having a mental health problem increases your chance of feeling lonely and feeling lonely can have a negative impact on your mental health. Loneliness is never easy to endure, but the last two years of lockdowns, social distancing and restrictions have most likely exacerbated feelings of loneliness for all of us.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">The websites and videos below can give you a deeper understanding of the impact of loneliness in children:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awarenessdays.com\/awareness-days-calendar\/loneliness-awareness-week-2022\/#:~:text=This%20year's%20Loneliness%20Awareness%20Week,the%2013th%20%E2%80%93%2017th%20June%202022.\">Loneliness Awareness Week 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n3Xv_g3g-mA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n3Xv_g3g-mA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/child-development\/loneliness-in-young-children\/\">https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/child-development\/loneliness-in-young-children\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/child-development\/loneliness-in-young-children\/\">https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/child-development\/loneliness-in-young-children\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Early and First level (P1 &#8211; P4) resources:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>How to be a good friend:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zhmpnrd\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Managing emotions:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zmmgrj6\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>The importance of teamwork: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/z773bdm\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">Calming exercises &#8211; breathing and stretching: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyvuaL_2avY\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>Zen Den &#8211; mindfulness for kids: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Second level (P5-P7) resources:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>How to develop a positive mindset: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vRQkxeBDEF0\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>The importance of teamwork:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zbcthbk\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Starting secondary school:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zj2grj6\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Understanding our emotions:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationquizzes.com\/ks2\/personal-social-and-health-education\/emotions-1\/\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Gaining control of stressful energy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bRkILioT_NA\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Controlling Emotions: A Lesson from Angry Birds: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pFkRbUKy19g\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">Progressive Muscle Relaxation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aaTDNYjk-Gw\">click here<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive mental health is essential at every stage of life, from childhood to adulthood. It affects how we act, think and feel as well as the choices we make, how to handle stress and how we relate to others. This page contains resources and activities that are suitable for your child. Loneliness Loneliness can affect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/mental-wellbeing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mental Wellbeing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69959,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hwbmoorfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}