{"id":880548,"date":"2026-10-13T06:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880548\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T06:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:36:13","slug":"health-beat-how-parents-can-support-childrens-mental-health-health-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880548\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Beat: How parents can support children&#8217;s mental health | Health Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly one in five children in the U.S. between ages three and seventeen have been diagnosed with a mental, emotional, or behavioral health condition.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say we all have a role to play in ensuring the mental well-being of children and teens.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologists say it&#8217;s important to prioritize mental health from a young age. They say to start normalizing conversations about mental health at home to understand the importance of their well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Limiting screen time, ensuring in-person connection, doing activities as a family, and having a predictable routine can also boost a child&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re noticing changes in your child&#8217;s everyday behavior and activities, it&#8217;s a good time to see a pediatrician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly one in five children in the U.S. between ages three and seventeen have been diagnosed with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[3971,151,2673,5378,97,259,260,30629,74142,61951,8286,24086],"class_list":["post-880548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-behavioral-health","tag-children","tag-emotional-health","tag-family-activities","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-pediatrician","tag-psychologist","tag-routine","tag-screen-time","tag-well-being"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}