Supporting social and emotional skills at home

Our social connections are a key pillar that supports positive mental wellbeing. For children, home is a pivotal environment where they begin to explore and build connections with their family - including parents, carers, siblings and more.

While at home, you may only get tiny glimpses into the social interactions that children encounter at school, you know that every day, your child is observing and navigating new and sometimes tricky friendship dynamics.

A great way to support your kids on the rollercoaster of school friendships is by helping them to learn, develop and practise social and emotional skills at home.

The Smiling Mind Resilient Families Program was developed by psychologists to help families learn foundational mental fitness skills - including how to develop healthy friendships, emotional regulation and coping strategies for challenging situations.

Featuring a variety of modules—each packed with bite-sized activities—the Resilient Families Program is designed to bring families together through the development of a common language. Designed to help kids develop key social and emotional skills and equip parents and carers with the tools to support their children to build mental fitness skills.

This short video will support parents and carers with practical tips and strategies to help you play an active role in growing the skills you kids need to identify and build healthy friendships.