Monster High Project Belonging
Monster High is committed to creating a world where every kid is proud to be their authentic self and feel like they belong. Partnering with leading childhood development experts, we launched Monster High Project Belonging, a global initiative that provides caregivers, including parents and teachers, with research-based tools that support belonging and help kids build healthy relationships.
Helping Protect Kids’ Mental Health is More Important Than Ever.
Monster High is helping kids feel seen, increase their resilience, and connect to their communities. When kids feel a sense of belonging, it can have a positive impact on their performance in school and mental health that can extend later into life.
Why a Sense of Belonging and Connection Matters
A sense of belonging is a fundamental need for kids’ mental and physical well-being. One consistent finding in the research literature is that higher levels of belonging and connectedness predict lower levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms in young people and can affect their academic outcomes. 4 The good news is that belonging can be increased.5
Meet The Monsters
Roll call! Get to know the monsters of the school and what makes them so uniquely fierce.
Our Partners
Monster High is proud to partner with experts to support kids and caregivers with the resources they need to thrive at school and in their communities.
Helpful Resources
Created in partnership with the experts at The Kids Mental Health Foundation.
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1 Case and Cause Influence’s 2021 Year In Review
2 Goossens L. (2018). Loneliness in Adolescence: Insights from Cacioppo's Evolutionary Model. Child Development Perspectives, 12(4), 230-234.
3 Allen et al., 2021.
4 Raniti et al., 2022 Witherspoon et al., 2009
5 Walton, G. M., & Cohen, G. L. 2011. A brief social-belonging intervention improves academic and health outcomes of minority students. Science, 331 (6023), 1447-1451
6 Diendorfer et al., 2021
