Written so a school can use it as it stands, or cut it to a paragraph. Change anything; it is yours.
Supplied to partner schools. Edit freely, including this line.
The short version, for a newsletter
We have partnered with The Parent Book, a library of therapist-written support for parents, and it is now available to every family in the school at no cost to you. It covers the things families actually navigate, from sleep and screens to friendships, anxiety, exams and grief, and each subject has a page you can print that says what to do first. You can find it at [LINK].
The longer version, for a letter
Dear parents,
Most of what is hardest about family life happens between half past five and bedtime, and there is rarely anybody to ask about it at the time. Books help, but a book is a long way from the particular Wednesday you are having.
We have partnered with The Parent Book so that every family in the school has a library written by therapists who work with children and young people, organised by the thing you are facing rather than by category. It holds chapters to read properly, one-minute pieces for the evening you are in, things to do with your child, and short tools for the parent rather than the child.
Every subject also has two pages you can print and keep: one that sets out what helps, and one that names the organisations beyond the school and beyond this library, what each does, and the number to ring.
There is nothing to buy, nothing to sign up for, and nothing you need to tell us to use it. It is at [LINK].
If you are worried about your child, please do still speak to us. This does not sit between you and the school; it sits alongside.
Two lines for a portal tile
The Parent Book. Therapist-written support for parents, free to every family in the school. Search by what you are facing.
A note on what we would avoid saying
We would not describe it as a wellbeing programme, or as a resource the school is rolling out. Parents have heard both before. It reads better, and is truer, as a library the school has opened to them.
Published by Kensington Square Therapy. Company No. 16707111. Written by therapists registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). This page is not therapy, and not a substitute for professional support. The full library is at theparentbook.com.