Talking to kids about a loved one’s mental health diagnosis is one of the harder conversations a parent or caregiver can face, mostly because there’s no script that works for every family or every condition. Avoiding the topic rarely protects a child the way adults hope it will, since kids are usually aware that something has changed in the household long before anyone sits them down to explain it. The right approach depends on the child’s age, the specific diagnosis involved and how much the child has already noticed on their own, and it usually takes more than one conversation to land.
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