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Anxiety is real, but labelling too many children can be damaging

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  • Wednesday, October 11, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Childline has reported delivering 105,000 counselling sessions in 2022-23 where the child’s main concern was mental and emotional health and wellbeing. 31,000 of these counselling sessions on mental health were specifically about stress and anxiety.

Chefs to the rescue

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  • Tuesday, October 10, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A healthy population is the foundation of a strong and thriving economy, and that begins with our children.

Family Help: a new concept or an old ideal?

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  • Monday, October 2, 2023
  • | CYP Now
I didn’t plan to be researching section 17 of the Children Act 1989 for a masters degree at the precise moment section 17 came under the spotlight in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. But in March 2023, there I was.

Supporting children to stay safe online

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Online content and social media have never been riskier for children - yet getting children to put down their devices is one of modern parenting’s greatest challenges.

It’s all about care

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  • Monday, September 25, 2023
  • | CYP Now
It’s a huge privilege to become an elected director for the ADCS Board of Directors and to be writing my first ADCS blog; I want to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all colleagues who have warmly welcomed me into the ADCS family.

Mentally healthy schools

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  • Monday, September 18, 2023
  • | CYP Now
How do we create mentally healthy schools? The first thing that comes to mind is the old anecdote about asking for directions in rural Ireland: “Well, I wouldn’t start from here.”

A big ambition for children

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  • Thursday, September 14, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Today I am launching a new campaign ahead of the next general election called the Big Ambition because I want to hear directly from children and young people about what they want to see from politicians about the issues they care about.

Attendance is everyone's business

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  • Monday, September 11, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Students up and down the country have been returning to school, or beginning at their new school after a well deserved summer holiday, even if the weather hasn’t really resembled much of a summer…