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When you discover your child's mental health struggles through social media

My daughter posts about her depression on social media but pretends to be fine with me and I learn about her suicidal thoughts from screenshots other parents send me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital communication can reveal a parent's devastating irrelevance in their child's emotional world.

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“Where Are You with Parenting a child with mental health challenges?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.