Support & Resources for Families During Times of Adversity
Taking Care of You:
- The Wellness Society: Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook
- Child Mind Institute: How to Avoid Passing Anxiety to Your Kids
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Taking Care of Your Mental Health During Uncertainty
- Disaster Distress Helpline: 800-985-5990, text “Talk With Us” to 66746 - National hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster
- Mindfulness Meditations
- Blissful Kids - Mindfulness Made Playful and Sustainable
- Greater Good Magazine
- Not a staycation: Isolating at home affects our mental health (and what to do)
Parenting in Times of Crisis:
- Child Mind Institute - Various resources to help parents manage work, child care, and self-care
- Parental Stress Line - (800) 632-8188 - Trained volunteer counselors provide non-judgmental and sympathetic support to manage the stress of parenthood. Available 24/7, support available in all languages
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019
- Lower Your Expectations, And Other Parenting Advice For The Era Of COVID-19
- Teacher: ‘You don’t have to strive for perfection’ when homeschooling your kids
Alcohol Use & Your Immune System:
- HEALTHY ALCOHOL MARKETPLACE: Balancing public safety and business needs
- Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and Your Health
- How Do I Talk To A Loved One Who Drinks Too Much?
- Excessive Alcohol Use and Risks to Women’s Health
- Helping a loved one with a drinking problem
- Is alcohol use spiking in your home?
- Al-Anon Meetings - a mutual support group of peers who share their experiences with a problem drinker in their lives
- Substance Use Disorders & Behavioral Health Resource Guide - substance use disorder & mental health treatment guide for MA.
- Take a self-screening for your or a loved ones alcohol use
Smoking, Vaping, and the Risk for COVID-19:
Concerned About Youth Vaping at Home while Schools are Closed?
There are two free programs to help Massachusetts youth become nicotine-and tobacco-free, This is Quitting powered by truth® and My Life, My Quit™.
Encourage youth to visit teen.smokefree.gov for tips about quitting vaping and smoking; they can find additional information designed for them at mass.gov/vaping.
Adjusting to the New Normal:
- A FAMILY SURVIVAL SERIES: PARENTING DURING COVID-19
- Boston Children’s Hospital response to COVID-19
- Build Resilience During Difficult Times - This resource will help parents and caregivers think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect their family—both physically and emotionally—and what they can do to help their family cope.