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How to explain mental illness to grandchildren when prognosis is uncertain

I am raising my grandson because my daughter has schizophrenia and he asks when she will be normal again and I do not know if she ever will be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Chronic mental illness in adult children creates ongoing uncertainty that makes it impossible to offer grandchildren hope or closure.

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