Just a Story

Just a Story, a comic book on parent conflict and its effect on children, is from the Canadian organisation The Healthy Aboriginal Network. In the story, a young girl doesn’t have any friends her age and feels overwhelmed at school. Her little brother is more social, but he’s quick to lose his temper and get into fights. What is underlying their feelings is the atmosphere at home created by their parents' fights. As a result of a conversation with a teacher who detects the problems through the writing of the young girl, the brother and sister open themselves to getting help and breaking down the stigma of mental health. It is designated as culturally appropriate by The Healthy Aboriginal Network.