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Talking To Your Child About a Sibling's Mental Illness


Children and Mental Health: Is This Just a Stage?

If you have concerns about your child's mental health, start by talking with others who frequently interact with your child. For example, ask their teacher ...

Parenting Siblings of a Child with a Serious Illness

Give an age-appropriate description of the illness. Your care team can help you talk about your child's condition and treatments in ways siblings can understand ...

Coping Tips - Siblings & Adult Children of Persons with Mental Illness

... illness such as diabetes, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder with talk, although addressing social complications may be helpful. • Symptoms may change over ...

Supporting siblings of children with mental health needs | Mass.gov

Just as parents benefit from talk- ing with other parents of similar children, it can feel both comforting and liberating for siblings to meet others who share ...

The Effects of Complex Mental Illness on Siblings

Children who witness an older brother or sister battling a severe mental illness may experience great stress and anxiety. Their exposure to the ...

How To Talk To Your Children About Mental Health - Headspace

If a young person can see that their parent might be able to respond calmly and listen they are more likely to begin a conversation. If you're not sure how to ...

Mental Health Issues in Childhood - Do Siblings Suffer?

Acknowledge their feelings and make sure they understand that, regardless of what is going on with their affected sibling, their concerns, big ...

In focus: Talking with children about parental mental health difficulties

Preparing to talk with children · help them to know that it's OK to talk about mental illness · allow your child to ask questions and get the correct information ...

Tools We Can Use to Help Support Siblings of Children with Mental ...

In this webinar, we will be discussing the role of youth and children who have a sibling living with mental health challenges.

When a parent has mental illness, how to support kids

Speak openly with your child ... Open communication — within limits — can put children's minds at ease. “Children are very attuned to their ...

Talking To Adolescents and Teens: Starting The Conversation

Consider bringing up the topic of mental health when doing chores, cooking, hanging out, or in the car. Be aware of changes in your child's willingness to ...

The impact of having a sibling living with mental health issues - MIFWA

If you have a sibling who is experiencing mental health issues and you are struggling, speak up! Yes, they are the ones struggling, but you ...

Siblings of children with disability: how to support them

Talking with your child about their feelings and your own sets a good example. It lets your child know that they don't have to cope on their own ...

The Well Sibling Syndrome and its Mental Health Impact

Feeling invisible to a sibling with special needs is one experience that social scientists describe as the “well sibling syndrome.” Kids who ...

Schizophrenia in Children | Cedars-Sinai

Talk with your child's healthcare provider about other providers who will be involved in your child's care. Your child may get care from a team that may include ...

Talking to your child about your mental illness - YouTube

Mental health and wellbeing can be difficult to talk about, especially if you're experiencing mental illness yourself.

For Parents and Caregivers of Children - SAMHSA

How to Talk About Mental Health with Your Child · Communicate in a straightforward manner · Speak at a level that is appropriate to a child or ...

How to help a child when a sibling's illness has consumed the family

Don't avoid hard conversations · Acknowledge and validate feelings · Allow them to see your feelings · Create structure and quality time where you ...

Mental Health Books for Children and Teens and Their Parents

... talking about mental health. (for teens and young adults) ... Books for Children and Teens who have Siblings with a Mental Health Condition.

Talking to your child about feelings - NHS

Being able to talk to someone other than a parent is sometimes very helpful for children. Grandparents, uncles, aunts, teachers or even a counsellor can all ...