Concerns and platitudes about mental health is all the rage for children these days. Over the years, with my three older children at school, I have seen offers of yoga (which is not exactly in keeping with Catholic teaching), therapy dogs, counsellors, assemblies on mindfulness, well-being week, "all-about-me" posters and much more.
Granted, some of this has its place in certain circumstances, but it increasingly appears that we are reaching a tipping point now where there is too much focus on the mental health of children resulting in, ironically, a detriment to their mental health.
