Raising Children Network

If you are working with pre-teens and their families, chances are that the topic of social media use has been part of the conversation. Naomi Deneve at the Parenting Research Centre, one of our member organisations, developed this paper aimed at practitioners for Emerging Minds Australia late last year. 'Pre-teen social media use and the impact on mental health and wellbeing,' is a resource for raising awareness of social media use in pre-teens and the possible impacts this may have on their mental health and wellbeing. Its aim is to support practitioners to hold conversations with pre-teens and their parents. Although a ban on social media use for pre-teens will come into effect, it doesn't include gaming and messaging platforms and some children will find a way around the ban. There is a window of opportunity in the pre-teen years, to engage with children about online safety and the potential mental health impacts of social media. It's never too early to start the conversation with children about their understanding of the digital world and online safety. The Raising Healthy Minds app🧠😊 has tips for children of all ages. Sign up as a health professional or educator to see tips for children aged 0-12: raisingchildren.net.au/rhm

Raising Healthy Minds app is just for parents, right? Well, no it's also a valuable tool for health professionals, educators and community support workers to use, with families. By providing parents and carers with an evidence-based resource, that they can use in their own time or in between appointments you're helping to increase their mental health literacy. The app can help introduce concepts, provide tips for use in the home and help you share a common language with the families in your care. Last week we launched this short animation at the Occupational Therapy Australia Mental Health Conference. Take a look and see how Raising Healthy Minds app can support your practice. Together we can help raise healthy minds 🧠😊📱 #mentalhealth #raiseahealthymind #RHM

The school holidays can be a juggle for families. Here's how three families manage parenting and work during this time.

Every child develops at their own pace, so it helps to know what to expect. That is the key message from our latest campaign to help guide parents along the child development journey. A new animation highlights Raising Children Network's evidence-based information about child development, aims to equip parents to spot any developmental concerns early and encourage them to seek professional help for anything that is worrying them. 👏 Big thanks to the talented creatives at U-bahn design for bringing this little family to life. 👏 Watch it here ⬇️ If you would like to share this with the families you work with, please get in touch! 

If you're a healthcare professional take a look at the free Stronger Bubba Born resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, their families and communities. Stronger Bubba Born addresses key areas that can help reduce the number of Sorry Business Babies (Stillbirths) in a culturally safe way. Learn more and download the free resources at https://lnkd.in/g5fChr_S Created by Stillbirth CRE

Our friends at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and ARACY are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 3 December. Webinar: Future Healthy Countdown 2030: From passive trickle-down to active participation for improved health and wellbeing of children, young people and future generations Hosted by Anne Hollonds the event will include a discussion on the importance of ‘participating’ for the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Australia. See below for details of the webinar and how to participate. 👇👇👇

It was such a great day at the Playgroup Victoria Conference yesterday, talking to so many passionate and creative playgroup leaders and facilitators about the Raising Healthy Minds app 🧠😊📱 Hearing how our resources are shared with families and how useful the attendees find our content was really gratifying to hear. It's such a great opportunity to connect with our friends in the sector, congratulations Playgroup Victoria on such a successful event and thanks for having us. 🙌🙌🙌

It's Perinatal Mental Health Week and our friends at ForWhen are there to help when parents need them. Please encourage anyone in your sphere to reach out and talk to a health professional or a service like ForWhen, if they have concerns. Don't forget that we have resources on the website and within the Raising Healthy Minds app, with information and tips to support all parents in the perinatal and postnatal period. https://lnkd.in/gniGRRHz #PMHWeek2024

Equipping parents and carers with trustworthy tools to raise children in a digital world is right up our alley. That is why we were thrilled to be part of this collaborative research project into best practice and evidence-based advice around young children and digital technology. The research team, led by Australian Catholic University’s Professor Suzy Edwards, has developed a new online toolkit to help families, early learning services and educators keep children actively and safely engaged, entertained and educated in the digital world. The Young Children in Digital Society website, launched this week, includes Raising Children Network articles and videos among its suite of resources. Check it out - https://lnkd.in/gDD-8Ru8

Thanks for spreading the word about our translated resources Centre for Community Child Health 🙌 Our suite of translated resources is constantly growing. This week we added translations of our Appointments during pregnancy article in 10 community languages - https://lnkd.in/gZ4taSnV