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The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 is ‘know yourself, grow yourself’, encouraging children to embrace self-awareness and positive forms of self-expression.
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How do you encourage self-awareness and self-expression? Please send your ideas to cyp@signhealth.org.uk
More resources for parents available from YoungMinds. Children’s Mental Health Week is organised each year by Place2Be.
Find out more about the SignHealth team providing 1-1 wellbeing support and other resources for deaf children and young people.
Advice for parents
This content was published in 2020 and reshared here during Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 as a resource for parents of deaf children who are struggling with their mental health.
Children suffer from mental health problems just like adults. Deaf children are 30% to 50% more likely to experience mental health challenges, compared to hearing children. It is important you know how to get specialist help if needed.
Supporting your child
Parent-child relationship
Looking after yourself
If your child is having problems, don’t be too hard on yourself or blame yourself. Children often take it out on those closest to them. You might be feeling the effect of their very powerful emotions.
If you had a difficult time growing up, or have had emotional problems or mental health challenges, it can be very worrying to think that the same thing might happen to your child. But the love and care you show them and the fact that you are trying to help will protect against this. Getting help for them and perhaps for yourself too can give them the best chance of feeling better.