Blogging Topics

The reasons we write the articles we write are:

1) we want to share information about depression and anxiety and how helping your child get treatment can be a difficult process – but many many people have gone through the same struggles and we hope to provide a safe place for conversation

2) our stakeholders told us they like to see positive content online and they want more information about how to talk to their children about using social media positively

3) we know there are many resources out there that we’d like to share with others

Basically that gives you three options of things to write about!

Some people like to come up with something on their own – if that’s you then just email us and let us know what you are thinking about writing about!

Tip: Here is an example post from one of our parent stakeholders!

If that’s not you, and you need some more structure, here are some suggestions of things we’d like for people to write about:

Mental Health Topics:

  • Sometimes your child might not want to open up with you – how do you cope with this?
  • How do you keep track of how your child is doing without invading their space?
  • Write about different experiences you have had with taking your child to see a counselor or therapist and what you learned from it
  • What is the difference between ordinary sadness and depression?
  • What is the difference between normal growing up and a mental health problem?
  • Write about an experience you had when you worried about what others thought about your child, or when you talked to your child about their worries about what others think of them

Positive Topics:

  • Write a short post including a quote you like (can be just the quote or why you like the quote) – find a meaningful picture to go with it
  • Share and write about a positive or funny video/image/story/website/book/author

Social Media Topics:

  • Write about a difficult experience your child had on social media and what you both learned from it (ex. bullying or being bullied, sharing too much information)
  • Spend a day in your child’s shoes trying out different social media you never tried before – what did you learn?
  • What does quality over quantity mean to you on social media?
  • How does social media affect your child’s self esteem in good or bad ways?

Resource Topics:

  • Write about a resource (online or in-person) that has helped you
  • Check out some of the sites below – write a blog post about what you found helpful if anything and what was missing