Kids, teens & young adults
Growing up, school, friendships and finding your way. 47 guides in 9 groups.
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College & young adults
- College & university lifeCollege can be exciting, lonely, freeing and stressful, sometimes all in one week. You don’t have to figure it out alone.⏱ 7 min
📝 4› - Friends, parties & safety at collegeFinding your people takes time. You deserve friendships, fun and relationships that feel safe and kind.⏱ 8 min
📝 3› - Grades, money & pressure at collegeYou are more than your GPA or your bank balance. Pressure is real, and so are the ways to ease it.⏱ 6 min
📝 3› - Young adults (18–25)Your late teens and early twenties can be exciting and unsettling at the same time. You don’t have to have it all figured out.⏱ 8 min
📝 4› - Mental health care for young adultsLooking after your mental health is part of becoming an adult. You don’t have to figure out doctors, insurance and privacy on your own.⏱ 6 min
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Exams & academic pressure
- Exam stress & how to copeExams test what you know on one day. They never measure what you are worth.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Academic pressure & suicide riskNo grade, rank or exam is worth your life. You matter far beyond any result, and help is here.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Results day & disappointing gradesA result is one piece of information on one day. It is not the end of your story, and there is always a next step.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Test anxiety: calming your mind before and during examsYour mind knows more than panic lets it show. With practice, you can turn the volume down on fear and let what you know come through.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - High-stakes exams for adults: licensing, bar, boards and certificationsYou have already come a long way to sit this exam. Whatever the result, you are more than a score.⏱ 4 min
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Grad school & PhD life
- Grad school stress: what’s normal and what isn’tGrad school is meant to stretch you, not break you. Knowing the difference helps you look after yourself.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - You and your advisor: building a healthy working relationshipA good advisor relationship is built, not found. You are allowed to ask for what you need, and to get help when it goes wrong.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Imposter feelings in grad schoolFeeling like you don’t belong is common in grad school. It is a feeling, not a fact about your ability.⏱ 3 min
📝 4› - Thesis & dissertation stress: getting unstuckBig projects are finished one small, imperfect piece at a time. Being stuck is part of the process, not proof you can’t do it.⏱ 3 min
📝 4› - Money, loneliness and grad lifeA tight budget and long hours alone can wear anyone down. Small changes and the right help can make grad life feel less heavy.⏱ 3 min
📝 3› - Thinking of leaving your programStaying can be brave. Leaving can be brave too. Either way, you deserve to decide with care and support.⏱ 3 min
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School
- School support for parentsYou don’t have to be a teacher to help your child do well at school. Small, steady steps at home make a real difference.⏱ 8 min
📝 4› - IEPs & 504 plansSchool plans can feel like a maze of forms and acronyms. You know your child best, and you have a real voice at the table.⏱ 10 min
📝 5› - Bullying at schoolNo child deserves to be bullied. With a calm plan and the school on board, you can help your child feel safe again.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - Homework, focus & learningEvery brain learns in its own way. The right routine, tools and encouragement can turn “I can’t” into “I’m getting there.”⏱ 6 min
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School refusal
- School refusal & school worriesWhen school feels too big, your child isn’t being lazy. With kindness, a plan and small brave steps, they can find their way back.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Getting back to school after school refusal: a step-by-step planGoing back after time away is a climb, not a jump. A clear plan, kind helpers and small steps make it possible.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - School-morning anxiety: tummy aches, tears & getting out the doorThe aches are real, the worry is real, and so is your child’s courage. Calmer mornings can be built, one small habit at a time.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Working with the school when your child won’t goYou and the school want the same thing: a child who feels able to learn. Working as a team turns worry into a plan.⏱ 4 min
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School transitions
- School transitions (ages 0–21)New school, new class, new chapter. Feeling wobbly in the in-between is normal, and there is a lot that helps.⏱ 10 min
📝 5› - Starting school (ages 3–6)A small child walking into a big new world is very brave. With warm grown-ups beside them, most little ones find their feet.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - Moving up to middle schoolNew hallways, new bodies, new friends. Almost everyone feels unsure at the start, and that feeling passes.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - Starting high schoolFreshman year can feel like being a fish out of water. Give it time: finding your place is a process, not a test on day one.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Changing schoolsLeaving one school and walking into another takes courage. Missing the old place and growing into the new one can both be true.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Finishing school: what’s next (ages 17–21)There is no single right path after high school. Feeling lost for a while is part of finding your way.⏱ 3 min
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Selective mutism
- Selective mutism: when a child can’t speak in some placesA child who chats at home but freezes at school isn’t being rude or stubborn. They are stuck in fear, and with patient help, their voice can come through.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Helping a child with selective mutism at home & schoolYou can’t talk a child out of fear, but you can make speaking feel a little safer every day, one small brave step at a time.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Selective mutism in teens & adultsYour voice is still there, even when fear holds it back. It is never too late to start finding it again, in your own time.⏱ 3 min
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Teens
- Teens’ mental healthThe teen years bring big changes and big feelings. You don’t have to figure it all out alone.⏱ 9 min
📝 4› - Anger in kids & teensBig feelings are part of growing up. With calm, caring adults beside them, children and teens can learn to handle anger well.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Self-harm in teensIf you’re a teen who is hurting, you’re not in trouble and you’re not alone. Help works, and most young people do find their way through.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - LGBTQ+ youth & familiesYoung people thrive when they are loved for who they are. A little acceptance at home and school can change a life.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - High-pressure studentsYour grades are one part of your story. You matter on the days they go well, and on the days they don’t.⏱ 5 min
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Young kids (0–12)
- Kids’ mental health (ages 0–12)Growing up is big work. With caring adults beside them, children can learn to handle big feelings and thrive.⏱ 13 min
📝 4› - Malnutrition, children & the developing brainEvery child deserves to grow and thrive. Food, love and play work together, and support can change a child’s path.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Childhood challengesEvery child meets bumps along the way. With patient, understanding grown-ups beside them, children can get through hard things and grow stronger.⏱ 6 min
📝 5› - Bedwetting & toilet troublesWet beds and toilet accidents are common, nobody’s fault, and usually get better. Patience and kindness help most.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Stuttering & speechWhat a child says matters more than how smoothly they say it. With patient listeners, every voice can be heard.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Sensory differencesSome children feel the world turned up loud, and others need it turned up to feel it at all. Both are real needs, not bad behavior.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Gifted & twice-exceptional kidsA bright mind is still a child’s mind. Gifted and 2e kids need challenge, understanding, and room to be ordinary kids too.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Kids with health conditionsChildren facing appointments, treatments and hospital stays are braver than most adults know. Honest words and steady love help them carry it.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - When kids face separation or lossWhen someone they love is away, very ill or gone, children need the truth, steady care, and permission to still be kids.⏱ 4 min
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