senses, and moving one's body for better health
• self-care activities, such as washing, hair and teeth care, dressing, and getting adequate rest
• eating healthy foods, preventing illness and disease, and identifying unsafe food items
• emotions, learning healthy self-esteem, creating and maintaining friendships, dealing with death and dying
• different types of families, helping others, knowing one's community, and helping the environment
• safety and traffic rules, wearing seatbelts, and staying away from weapons

Growing, Growing Strong reinforces the importance of teaching self-care, as well as of tackling difficult topics such as death, alcohol and drug use, and dealing with difficult emotions.