Share with Clients: How to Talk to Kids About Adult Mental Health Issues

Dec. 10, 2025

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Recent studies report that over 60 million adults in the U.S. experienced a mental illness in the past year. Many people with mental health disorders are parents. It may seem hard or stressful to talk to your kids about your or another adult’s mental health struggles. But experts say it is better for the long-term health of your family.

Learn how to talk to your kids about it and how to ask for help.

Sources: The State of Mental Health in America , Mental Health America, 2025; When a parent has mental illness, how to support kids, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2022; Talking To Kids About Mental Illnesses, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2017.

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