Health Tools

Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.

	Actionsets are designed to help people take an active role in managing a health condition.
	Growth and Development: Helping Your Child Build Self-Esteem
	Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress

What Gives a Child Inner Strength?

Experts say that the single most important thing that gives children inner strength is having parents or other adults who are positive and nurturing.

Other things that help include:

• Cognitive skills, such as concentration, memory, and logical thinking.
• Social skills, such as behaving properly, showing love, and sharing.
• Self-control.
• Self-esteem.
• A stable environment with rules and boundaries.
• Opportunities to contribute.
• Being listened to.