My son has a tendency to be a little melancholy at times (he’s 6). He says things sometimes like ‘I don’t like myself’ and such like…which is obviously worrisome, but otherwise he is a generally happy child. There is a background of anxiety and depression within BF. This is something we will keep a close eye on, but we’ve started to have a routine at lights out of ‘what are you proud of today? and what I am proud of you for today?’ It’s something so simple but has already been so effective. I ask my son what he’s proud of that he’s done that day…doesn’t have to be massive (could be just sharing his sweets with his sister), and then I tell him what I’m proud of him for. If he’s stuck for ideas, I gently prompt some real examples (then he says: ‘I was going to say that!’). I just make sure they are real examples. Even if it’s been a bit of a shitty day, it just ends things on the right note, it seems to ground them and they love the positivity. Many of you probably already do this, but just thought I’d share the positive results I’ve already had.