Parental Mental Health & the Impact on Children
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Author
Barnardos
Date
2025
Type
Report
Language
en
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Abstract
At Barnardos, we believe that all children deserve the best start in life. Our services aim to transform the lives of vulnerable children because childhood lasts a lifetime. One of the most important ways of providing children experiencing disadvantage the best opportunity for positive wellbeing and development is to make sure they live in a safe, consistent and secure environment with loving adults who can parent positively.
Unfortunately there are adversities that can make that more challenging. This briefing focuses on one of those issues, poor parental mental health. Without adequate supports, children living in households experiencing poor parental mental health are at greater risk of developing their own mental health problems, disengaging from school, struggling to build relationships and generally experiencing worse wellbeing and future opportunities.
If we want to improve children and young people’s mental health across the country, a firm commitment made under this new Government, addressing the negative impact of parental mental health must be a priority. Whole family supports mitigate and reduce the potential harm and negative impacts on children. Enhancing and making them more readily available should be a first step, because childhood lasts a lifetime.
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Barnardos. (2025). Parental Mental Health & the Impact on Children. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13085/1370
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Barnardos