[LaraR4444]

It's been quite a while since I was in public school, so maybe it's changed, but I get the impression it hasn't...

Does anyone else wish they taught mental health in school along with our physical health? Both mental health as it pertains to taking care ourselves and being more understanding of each other.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by LaraR4444

It's been quite a while since I was in public school, so maybe it's changed, but I get the impression it hasn't...

Does anyone else wish they taught mental health in school along with our physical health? Both mental health as it pertains to taking care ourselves and being more understanding of each other.

it is taught and has been taught in american schools, I hated the classes, my siblings some liked them some didnt, same with my parents. two of children one loves health class, pe, social studies and such, the other doesnt. they even had these things in their head start/ preschool years.

i dont think the problem is in the classes not being taught. some kids just dont want to learn it, dont bother doing the homework, listening to the teacher. todays kids have harder things to worry about like drugs, alcohol, abuse...that we didnt have to worry about when we were kids.

know of a few classes that were taught in school that I just didnt learn because I didnt do the homework, listen in class, chose not to talk during those class discussions. the classes were taught, I just didnt put in the effort to learn them.

[Sunflower123]

They didn’t teach it at my daughter’s school and she graduated this year. I wish they did along with a life skills class. They did teach a financial management class that was mandatory so that was good. Math and English are fine but that won’t get you through life on its own. Yes, I know most of this can be learned in the home but some kids don’t have that resource for various reasons.

[amandalouise]

just a thought.... many towns, cities, colleges, churches, and high schools are not calling it home ec, gym, PE, health class.... now its being called strange titles like ....."Adulting Class" and also called "life skills class".... usually this class is open to 16 yr olds on up through adult years... maybe you can find an adulting class where you are.

[Sunflower123]

That’s a great idea. I was talking about kids in general. I think between her father and I, we have raised our daughter to be well informed and independent.

It’s good to know they teach this stuff in some schools.

[eskielover]

After having an intense 2 year DBT group in my when I was 60, I can honestly say I wish those skills had been available to learn back in the late 1960's when I was in high school. I had managed to learn many if the skills by dumb luck but so many others would have been useful through the rough times of my life.

I had dysfunctional parents who had no useful skills themselves to teach & no mentors around so I winged it & messed up my daughter in totally different ways due to lack of skills & taught her differently but still not useful skills she needed. Just passed on different dysfunctions each generation trying hard to not be like the previous one.

Not sure mental health classes would have helped. I had psycholigy in college while getting my technical degree & I still had no idea I was having a breakdown when it hit in my 40's...knowing stuff intellectually is a lot different than understanding it practically

[LaraR4444]

Originally Posted by eskielover

Not sure mental health classes would have helped. I had psycholigy in college while getting my technical degree & I still had no idea I was having a breakdown when it hit in my 40's...knowing stuff intellectually is a lot different than understanding it practically

Good point. And it's so complicated.

[Miswimmy1]

I think school's are becoming more open to talking about mental health and I think it's great. I think that its been a bit of a taboo topic, but with movements like the No Child Left Behind act that aim to integrate kids with special needs into mainstream classrooms, I think mental health is becoming something that people are more willing to talk about, at least in the context of its impact on academic performance.

During middle school, I was required to take a Life Skills class, but it didn't focus much on mental health. However, I was required to take a class called Commitment in Adult Relationships in high school and I actually found what I learned in that class to be very informative. It centered on communication skills, emotion management, etc. We also read the book "Doing School" which emphasized a connection between academic pressure to an increased risk of anxiety/depression.

I know that universities nowadays seem to realize the problem of mental health on college campuses (with such pressure to succeed, depression and anxiety are rampant among college students). At the university level, it is much more about advocacy and education than it is an actual class that people can take.

[NuMillenial]

Originally Posted by LaraR4444

It's been quite a while since I was in public school, so maybe it's changed, but I get the impression it hasn't...

Does anyone else wish they taught mental health in school along with our physical health? Both mental health as it pertains to taking care ourselves and being more understanding of each other.

In my school I remember home economics was mandatory in the first two years of high school. We watched video's telling us to change our under wear after showering.
So if the system thinks a 14 year old cannot be trusted to wear their under wear for only 24 hours god only knows what they think our capacity is to fathom out how to look out for our mental well being and future.

[DowdyTheFifth]

I just graduated high school this past June, and we were taught about mental illness but it was back in ninth grade and of course not many people seemed to care about it. They don't prioritize it which really is a shame because I struggled with it during high school. I'm sure there were others struggling like I had been but we weren't sure how to handle it at school.

[craft09]

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