{"id":24488,"count":11,"description":"In a hyper-connected world, children are having to grow up quickly and are exposed to all sorts of pressures and subject to all sorts of anxieties that were alien to previous generations. Here we have a range of interviews recommending <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/best-kids-books\/\">books for children<\/a> and young people that address mental health issues head on. Author Chitra Soundar chooses the best <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/overcoming-anxiety-children-chitra-soundar\/\">books to help children overcome anxiety<\/a>. Psychologist Vanessa King picks books on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/happiness-for-children\/\">happiness for children<\/a>, while Rae Earl, author of <em>My Mad Fat Diary<\/em>, chooses her<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/teenage-mental-health-books\/\"> best books on teenage mental health.<\/a>\r\n\r\nBeyond any advice or analysis offered by these books on children's mental health, getting offline and reading books is probably a good place to start reducing one\u2019s anxiety and becoming a happier human being.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/best-kids-books\/happiness-mental-health\/","name":"Happiness &amp; Mental Health Books for Kids","slug":"happiness-mental-health","taxonomy":"category","parent":6129,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/24488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6129"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=24488"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=24488"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=24488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}