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from Part 1 - What Affects Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2022
Chapter 3 discusses the impact of relationships on children’s and young people’s mental health. We look in more detail at the links between mental health and a range of types of relationships, including family relationships, social and peer relationships, and romantic relationships and sex.
➢ The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC, www.nspcc.org.uk) is a UK-based charity with lots of helpful information and a telephone and online helpline for children and families. It has useful resources on how to talk to children about sex and healthy relationships.
➢ Brook (www.brook.org.uk) is a UK-based charity which runs several sexual and wellbeing services across the UK aimed mainly at young people. It also provides education and professional training. There’s also lots of excellent, up-to-date information on the website.
➢ Barnardo’s (www.barnardos.org.uk) is a UK children’s charity set up to protect and support children with helpful information about how to keep safe and healthy, including a Family Space with information on different age ranges for parents and carers. It has also launched a schools education programme on healthy relationships called ‘Real Love Rocks’.
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