How Kids of Today’s Mental Health Shapes the Future
Adrian Cheng’s launch of the WEMP foundation, a non-profit organization for kids’ mental health, is a step in the right direction for a better future.
“Children are tomorrow’s leaders. It is our responsibility to educate, nurture, and empower them to build a better future for themselves, and the world,” says Adrian Cheng. And he couldn’t be more right about it. As parents, we know that half of our lives are over. Closing in at our 40s to 60s, the only thing we can do for our kids is to teach them a compassionate form of resilienceResilienceThe ability to bounce back from setbacks, disappointment, and stress. Children build it through supportive relationships, chances to solve problems, and adults who show that mistakes are part of learning that will help them engage and support one another—especially those suffering from depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation—and improve their mental healthMental HealthA person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being, which affects how children and parents think, feel, and cope. Open conversations, regular routines, and timely help from professionals make it easier for.
Thus, WEMP begins in Hong Kong in hopes of setting an example for the rest of the Asian countries.
Family Care and School: The two most important components
There are two sets of people that kids interact with the most: whoever’s in school and their families. Studies have already proven that troubles at home can affect our kids’ mental healthMental HealthA person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being, which affects how children and parents think, feel, and cope. Open conversations, regular routines, and timely help from professionals make it easier for which shows in their behaviors in school—especially when there is violence or financial difficulties that make them feel ashamed to face their peers. Adrian Cheng’s hope for the WEMP is for it to be able to accompany parents and schools on their journey to making compassionate, resilient, and mindful of their ability to build a better world.
They also intend to create more family-friendly ways to teach kids about their emotions. WEMP partners with a non-profit organization called JUST FEEL to create a card game that helps teach kids about emotions.
A Kid’s Mental Health is A Window to the Future
All parents’ greatest wish for their children is to have a happy, successful, and healthy future. But how can they do that when there’s too much pressure on being successful and rich? Or, there’s just too much weight on grades? A lot of these often occur when parents find themselves at their wits’ end regarding how to teach their kids. Which, unfortunately, can be more damaging to their mental healthMental HealthA person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being, which affects how children and parents think, feel, and cope. Open conversations, regular routines, and timely help from professionals make it easier for than useful. It’s with WEMP’s efforts that they hope to change how parents and teachers understand mental healthMental HealthA person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being, which affects how children and parents think, feel, and cope. Open conversations, regular routines, and timely help from professionals make it easier for and how they can improve theirs and their kids’ for a brighter future.
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