FAMILY TOOLKIT POWERED BY JOCELYNE MONTY
How to help a teenager
FAMILY TOOLKIT POWERED BY JOCELYNE MONTY
How to help a teenager
HELPING TEENS DEVELOP DIGITAL WELL-BEING
A quick guide to help you start a conversation with teens about screen use and get them to cultivate a healthy relationship with digital technology.
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ChatGPT vs schoolwork: friend or foe?
The school year has begun, and now more than ever, we’re faced with the question of how artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as ChatGPT will impact students’ work.
Read articleWorld Mental Health Day: How Are the Boys Doing?
Here’s a breakdown of the situation from Orlando Ceide, leader of “Projet Gars.” The project forms part of the Coordination Jeunesse initiative by la Maison d’Haïti.
Read articleTeen anxiety - For families
A complete mini-guide to help your teen better manage their anxiety.
Download PDF Mindfulness for families
With this complete mini-guide, you will benefit from an introduction to mindfulness to lead your own meditations at home and share precious moments with your child.
Download PDF Understanding mental health
Learn more about mental heatlh and why it's important for you to help your teen take care of it daily.
Read articleThe teenage brain
Let’s zoom in on the teenage brain to help you understand it better and see how it influences your teen's everyday life.
Read articleAre you unknowingly a toxic parent?
Read more to better understand and recognize toxic parenting and its impact on mental health, so you can avoid adopting these behaviours with your young person.
Read articleMy teen won't talk to me: what can I do?
A few tips to give you a new perspective and to help you engage with your teen.
Read articleTwo cultures: how to find balance with your child
Here is some advice to help you better understand the challenges of biculturalism and find the right balance with your teen.
Read articleSilent education
Learn more about your influence over your teen’s behaviour and decision-making.
Read articlePreventing sexual abuse among teens
Our practical advice and resources to support you and protect them.
Read articleHelping your teen deal with heartbreak
Discover our tips to help your teen manage their heartbreak.
Read articleTalking about dating relationships with your teen
Read on for our tips about discussing this sensitive subject with your teen.
Read articleBeing a parent with a mental disorder
Some advice so you can protect the mental health of your teen, who might witness this reality someday.
Read articleHelping your child cope with anxiety
Here are a few tips that will help you react well.
Read articleParental attitude with a teen
Some advice to maintain a good relationship with your teen, communicate well, set clear expectations, resolve conflicts etc.
Read articleSpeaking about your child's psychological situation with their school
5 steps for communicating effectively with your child’s school about their psychological situation as well as how to ask for support—all while making yourself understood and respected.
Read articlePreparing for the first visit to a psychotherapist
Discover what happens at a first session, how confidentiality of treatment works and how to react to a bad experience with a former psychotherapist.
Read articleDuring the psychotherapy
Here are some useful tips to help you adopt the right attitude during your teens psychotherapy and allow your kid to be treated effectively.
Read articleTalking about psychotherapy with your teen
Sometimes, when a teen is going through a particularly difficult time, it may be necessary to take them to see a psychotherapist. Here's how you can discuss it with them.
Read articleWhile waiting for psychotherapy to begin
Some advice to help you support your teenager before the first consultation.
Read articleResources for helping teens with depression or psychological distress
Here are some resources to help you handle the situation and find solutions.
Read articleTreatments for depression in teens
What recognized psychotherapy treatments are often prescribed to teens? What medication is commonly prescribed to treat anxiety disorders or depression in teens?
Read articleHow to react if your teen has been sexually abused?
Here’s some information to help you better understand what sexual abuse is and how to react to it.
Read articleSelf-mutilation in teens
Get a better understanding of teen self-harm, what are the signs to look for and how to manage the situation.
Read articleSuicide
This article will provide information and advice to help you better understand suicide among young people.
Read articleOpen the conversation with your teen to help them confide
Here are some pointers that can help you support your teen in times of distress.
Read articleAlarming behaviour in teenagers: when to worry?
How to tell if your teen is feeling depressed or suffering from depression? What are the symptoms of depression? How to help them?
Read articleFirst job: signs to watch out for
A summary of the signs to watch out for to avoid physical and psychological exhaustion in your working teenager.
Download PDF First job: some advice to give your teen
Several tips to help your teen have a successful first work experience.
Download PDF Helping your teen maintain their mental health
A brochure that gives all our practical advice to help your teen maintain their good mental health in spite of life’s challenges.
Download PDF Guiding your teen in managing their relationships with others
A brochure that gives all our tips for helping your young person communicate well with others.
Download PDF The 6 rules of conflict management
A summary of the 6 necessary steps to effectively handle conflict with your teen.
Download PDF Helping your teen accept their body
An info sheet that offers several concrete tips to help young people accept their bodies.
Download PDF Understanding adolescent depression
A brochure that explains the 4 steps to helping a young person with depression: Observe, Talk, Help, Persevere.
Download PDF Intimidation and cyberintimidation 2/5: demystifying the roles
PhD student specialized in violence and social relationships Julie Boissonneault adresses the different roles in a scene of intimidation. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 5/5: school - prevention and intervention
Julie Boissonneault helps us better understand the school's essential role in dealing with bullying and gives parents concrete actions they can do with their child to prevent bullying. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 4/5: role and responsability as a parent
PhD student specialized in violence and social relationships Julie Boissonneault helps us better understand our role and responsability as parents when it comes to intimidation. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 3/5: surviving intimidation - Maxyme's testimony
Listen to 17-year-old Maxyme who went through intimidation throughout her school years. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 1/5: what is it and how does it present?
Éric MPhD student associated with La Chaire de recherche Bien-être à l’école et prévention de la violence, Julie Boissonneault, helps us define and understand intimidation in teens. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Teenagers and depression 5/5: where to find help?
Social worker and agente de liaison Maryse Fortin helps us demystify the services at our local CLSC. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Teenagers and depression 4/5: what to do as parents?
Psychotherapist Paméla-Andrée Nérette helps us better understand our role as parents in the face of a child's psychological distress, and offers many tips on how to deal with it. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Teenagers and depression 3/5: living with depression - Mégane's testimony
Listen to 17-year-old Mégane share her journey with depression. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Teenagers and depression 2/5: risk factors and treatments
Psychotherapist and adjointe clinique CIUSS Centre-Sud de Montréal Paméla-Andrée Nérette explores with us the different ways in which we can help a young person suffering from depression. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Teenagers and depression 1/5: what is depression?
Psychotherapist and adjointe clinique CIUSS Centre-Sud de Montréal Paméla-Andrée Nérette helps parents to better understand and recognize depression in teens. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Love and friendship 5/5: friendship - between kindness and toxicity
Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun helps us define what a healthy friendship is, and how to react if we're concerned that our teen is experiencing a toxic relationship. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Love and friendship 4/5: toxic friendship - Freshta's testimony
Listen to 16-year-old Freshta Ismaili share her story of breaking up with a friend.
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Love and friendship 3/5: breakups and heartaches
Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun gives us some advice on how to react as a parent and support our teenager who is going through a breakup. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Love and friendship 2/5: violence in a relationship, how to stop it?
Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun helps us make the difference between conflict and violence and gives parents the keys they need to support their teens who are experiencing conflict in their relationships. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Love and friendship 1/5: how to open up the discussion with your …
Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun helps parents talk to their teens about romantic relationships. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Newcomers and the reality of teenagers of immigrant background
Discussion with Dre Ghayda Hassan, cultural psychologist, and Ernithe Edmond, entrepreneure and founder of www.mymentalhealth-matters.com/platform. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Social and performance anxiety in teens
To discuss this we have with us Victoria Forand, a teenage girl living with anxiety, Dr. Luigi de Benedictis, psychiatrist at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and Marie-Élaine Thibeault, school psychologist. In …
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Violence within teenagers relationships: how to keep them safe?
Discussion with Catherine Champagne, Project XOX sensitasation agent for Pavillon Marguerite de Champlain and Deziray de Sousa, doctoral student in psychology and coordinator at the Laboratory for the study of the well-being of families and …
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Gender identity: how to support my child on their self-discovery understanding?
We will be discussing with two members of the LGBTQ community, Nathan Fortier, 19 years old trans male, Celine Hourani, non binary 23 years old as well as Sarah Peters, psychologist at McGill University Sexual …
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Helping your teen manage anxiety
Here are a few testimonials in which parents talk about their teen's anxiety and how they react to it.
Managing conflicts with your child
Discover our tips to help prevent and manage conflicts with your teen.
Becoming independant as a teenager
Discover all our advice on how to help your teen becoming independant and to support them.
Silent education
Discover how your behavior and your words can influence them in these parent-teen conversations.
Developing healthy self-esteem
An info sheet with many tips to help your child develop high self-esteem.
Download PDF TEEN TOOLKIT
Tips and tools to help teens better understand what is happening to them, find help when they need it and develop their well-being every day.
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