For the parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children, this step-by-step guide offers hundreds of ideas and methods that work with children aged 3 to 12. It provides play activities to help parents enhance communication, solve problems and strengthen relationships in skilful, fun ways. Children are often worried about things but they may struggle to open up about how they're feeling. it teaches us not to worry about things you don't need to worry about and that it helps to talk to someone.

Throughout The Huge Bag of Worries, Jenny experiences many issues that can affect mental health. Although everything in Jenny’s life appears positive at the start of the story, her bag of worries grows bigger and bigger until the weight, the burden of her worries becomes too much to bear and she breaks down.

How can I help my child to talk about their emotions?

Helping children to understand their emotions and worries can promote positive mental health. It also means that children can relate to others better, contributing to social skills. Things weren't coming together for Martha. All that work - and she wanted everything to be perfect. She felt frustrated and helpless. She glanced into the living room, hoping that Mary would come to help her, but, fascinated by the words of Jesus, Mary showed no signs of moving. Let your child ask you questions too. Be honest with them about how you feel about certain subjects and let them know about things that have happened to you in the past.

Discussing someone's worries with them can be difficult. Often people don't want to open up about what is worrying them because their worries can bring uncomfortable feelings. Also, it is hard to find the right time and the right place.Second, Jesus showed her that worry is a choice. Martha had chosen to become filled with anxiety about the preparations. Again, Jesus didn’t condemn Martha for the choice she'd made, he just pointed out that Mary had made a choice, too. In Mary's case it was a better one! Listen to the story, ‘A Huge Bag of Worries’ by Virginia Ironside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7utCQYcuvo At some point, all of us feel both of these emotions. Worry and stress affect people in different ways. Some people may become angry and aggressive; some may find it hard to sleep; others may eat more or less than they need or eat unhealthy foods; some people may spend a long time on computer games or even simply become quiet and stop talking to other people. Just as people have different ways in which stress and worry affect them, they also have different ways of coping with it.