Parent Letters - English

Chapter 6: Promoting Social Health

Parent Letter and Activities
For use with Chapter 6

Dear Parent or Guardian,

Your teen’s health class is now studying the topic of social health, or the ability to get along with the people around you. A person’s social health is tied directly to his or her relationships with others, including family, friends, and peers.

In exploring the various aspects of social health, your child will consider some important questions such as: What are the different types of relationships people have? How are healthy relationships built? What are different types of families? What are the responsibilities of being a parent? What are my responsibilities in my family? How can I strengthen family bonds?

Your teen can explore these questions with confidence and find answers that are rich and rewarding. Your participation in this exploration of social health is important to your teen.

To support and extend our classroom work, please set aside some time during the next few weeks to complete one or more of the following activities with your teen:

Work with your teen to think of examples of good character traits in people you know. Talk about the importance of good character in healthy relationships.

Help your teen get to know your extended family better by making a family tree with vital names and dates.

Ask your teen what qualities represent good parenting and which qualities represent poor parenting. Share your ideas and search for common ground. Use this as an opportunity to explain why qualities your teen may view as negative parenting skills are, in fact, positive.

Please engage in other activities you feel will help your teen develop good social health. Your support is critical to your teen’s understanding and applying these vital life skills. Thank you very much for your continued involvement in our health studies this year. Please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Health Teacher