Talking Families, Talking Communities - A Calor report in consultation with ChildLine
This report includes new research commissioned by Calor and conducted by YouGov into parent/child communication today. It looks at the views of parents and their children - and compares the answers. It also includes enlightening examples of how, when adults and children do get talking it has a really positive effect on families and communities.
Can I talk to you again? Restoring the emotional and mental well-being of children and young people
Can I talk to you again? tells the often harrowing first-hand stories of some of the young people who have turned to ChildLine for long-term counselling to deal with problems including sexual abuse, self-harm and bereavement.
As well as showing how ChildLine’s counsellors have helped these children, Can I talk to you again? suggests ways the government can improve children’s mental health services in the UK.
Boys Allowed - What boys and young men tell ChildLine about their lives
Four times as many young men as young women commit suicide, with suicide accounting for a quarter of all deaths among young men.
Boys Allowed looks at the problems that boys talk to ChildLine's volunteer counsellors about, while also discussing the constraints, prejudices and expectations that prevent them from addressing those problems before they reach crisis point.
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Boys Allowed - What boys and young men tell ChildLine about their lives
Four times as many young men as young women commit suicide, with suicide accounting for a quarter of all deaths among young men.
Boys Allowed looks at the problems that boys talk to ChildLine's volunteer counsellors about, while also discussing the constraints, prejudices and expectations that prevent them from addressing those problems before they reach crisis point.
Read more about this report, or get a free copy.
I'm in control – Calls to ChildLine about eating disorders
Every year more than 1,000 young people talk to ChildLine about their eating problems. In I’m in Control, award-winning journalist Brigid McConville tells the compelling and often gruelling stories of these young people and the counsellors who strive to help them.
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Saving young lives – Calls to ChildLine about suicide
Every year more children call ChildLine feeling suicidal; some even call in the act of trying to take their own lives. Bullying, sexual or physical abuse at home, and eating disorders are some of the problems that lead these children to such a point of despair.
Award-winning journalist Brigid McConville has produced a fascinating - and often shocking - account of ChildLine's experiences of helping thousands of suicidal young people and saving lives.
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Chickens are Cute Little Carnivores
is a new book by Lin Stone. Parents can read it to their bright children to open up a dialogue of information and learning with them that is LOTS of FUN!(free online)
The Farm Animals
by Rolando Merino - An illustrated story of animal sounds. This is now a free complete online
Pirate's Treasure
'Ten steps from the porch and twenty steps from the rose bushes,' growled Bluebeard in Jimmy's dream one night. 'There be treasure there! Aawrgh.'
The Bitaba Bird
by Carol Moore - Illustrated by Michael S. Weber - A blending of imagination with a science lesson.
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