Kids program
By yoblet
October 2 at 2:35 am
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Something my mental health worker organised was for my kids to go to a holiday program for kids with parents who have a mental illness. They went two days last week and yesterday and today.
They had one day that they learnt circus tricks and did arts and crafts
They went to movies another day, rock climbing another.
Today They came home with bags each with awesome masks that they made, and worksheets learning about mental illness
I have to say I am impressed by what they have bought home and learnt today at this program. They have heaps of worksheets, comics etc explaining bipolar and emotions and they told me they watched a great video about a boy whose dad has bipolar.
It's good and has opened the lines of communication about it that little bit more.
A great experience, not only for the fun side for them but a learning one too ;)
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denialdoesntwork October 2 at 11:59 am0 LikesWow! I wish I could send my kids to a program like that.
I have started to educate them a little about bipolar because they're coming up on their teen years. I want them to be comfortable telling me if they have any symptoms.
I recently told them that bipolar was the illness that required me to go to the hospital 3x a week for months. They were surprised and I think relieved that it wasn't something "worse." Makes me think I should have told them sooner. But maybe that's my "I'm not good enough" voice talking.
In any case, I plan to teach them more about it in bits and pieces. Not sure how I'll explain suicidality.
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aussiebp October 2 at 10:42 am2 LikesMy son did an eight week course called MAT which stands for martial arts therapy. Same deal for kids with a parent with mental health issues. They were great. I'm glad your boys enjoyed the holiday program. :-).
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daisychain October 2 at 8:08 am0 LikesSounds awesome. I haven't heard of it here (USA) but I wish we had it.
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sonotony October 2 at 7:38 am0 LikesSounds really cool. Every child should have such DM experience!
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