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Chapter 7: Achieving Good Mental Health

Chapter 7 Parent Letter and Activities

Dear Parent or Guardian,

The habits and behaviors teens establish today can affect their health for years to come.
Developing good mental and emotional health helps create patterns of behavior that, with
practice, can yield benefits for a lifetime. In this chapter, we will investigate various dimensions
of mental and emotional health.

Your teen will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Mental and Emotional Health.
  • Developing a Positive Identity.
  • Understanding Emorions.
  • Managing Emotions.

Please reinforce our classroom work by discussing with your son or daughter one or more
of the following topics: Ask your teen to draw and explain a chart illustrating Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Encourage your teen to discuss which needs are most important to her or him and how
she or he meets those needs. Ask your teen to explain the statement, “Emotions are neither good nor bad.” Discuss reasons that some people might be afraid of strong emotions. Make a list of healthful ways emotions can be processed and expressed. Discuss the long-term benefits of working to develop good mental and emotional health as a teen.

Please plan other activities you think will help your teen understand and practice the concepts presented in this chapter. Thank you for supporting our classroom work. Feel free to
contact me if you wish to discuss your teen’s health education.

Sincerely,

Health Teacher

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