Psychology for Everyone

Children, teenagers and parents – mental health at home and school

Child and teen mental health, ADHD, exam pressure, pregnancy and new parents – signs to watch and how families can help.

Chapters on this topic

Chapter 12: Child, Teen and Adult Mental Health

The same mind in different seasons : Age changes the language of distress. Ageing is not a diagnosis.

Chapter 27: ADHD and Neurodiversity

Not naughtiness; a different nervous system

Chapter 30: Perinatal Mental Health

Pregnancy, birth, and the mood that can follow

Stories from real life (18)

  • The Boy Who Could Not Sit Still – Aryan, nine, studies in a busy school in Ahmedabad. He cannot stay in his seat, forgets his homework, blurts out answers and loses his…
  • Sofia and the Glow of the Screen – Sofia, fifteen, lives in Johannesburg. She was a cheerful girl, but since moving to a new school she spends hours online comparing herself to…
  • Neha Stops Saying Yes – Neha, thirty-eight, is a project manager in Bengaluru and mother of two. Her day starts at five and ends at midnight: office calls, school…
  • Mr Iyer Forgets the Way Home – Mr Iyer, seventy-eight, a retired teacher in Chennai, took the same walk to the temple every morning for forty years. Last month he lost…
  • Little Zara Learns to Wait – Zara is three and lives in Nairobi with her mother Wanjiru, who returned to work a month ago. Zara used to be sunny, but…
  • Ramesh, Age 68 – For decades, Ramesh’s life was built on two unshakeable pillars: his busy career and his devoted wife. But within a span of just two…
  • The Boy Who Could Not Stay in the Chair – Vihaan, eight, from Lucknow, was always on the move. He lost his pencil box weekly, blurted answers, and tapped his feet through lessons. His…
  • Always Late, Always Sorry – Priya, thirty-four, a graphic designer in Bengaluru, was brilliant in meetings and a mess in her inbox. She missed deadlines, lost keys, and began…
  • The Girl Who Copied Everyone – Meera, fourteen, from Hyderabad, was polite, top of the class and rarely any trouble. At school she copied how other girls laughed and talked.…
  • Bright Boy, Cannot Read – Oliver, nine, lives in Bristol with his parents. He is quick in conversation, tells long jokes and is excellent with Lego. But in class…
  • The Blink and the Sniff – Daniel, eleven, in Dublin, began blinking hard and clearing his throat. Soon he was shrugging his shoulder and sniffing, and sometimes a small sound…
  • Arun’S Two Reports – Arun’s class teacher wrote “careless.” His football coach wrote “sees the whole field.” The paediatrician sat with both pages and a parent who was…
  • The Tablet She Wanted to Throw Away – Anjali was twenty-nine and thirty weeks pregnant when she told her husband, Rohit, that she had put her antidepressant tablets in the bin. She…
  • Not Just Tired Tears – Zainab brought her daughter home from the hospital in Lahore on a Tuesday. By the fourth day she was crying over nothing: a cold…
  • The Birth That Went Well on Paper – Priya's daughter was born by emergency caesarean after a night of frightening alarms. The baby was healthy, the doctors smiled, and relatives sent cheerful…
  • A Quiet Room After the Scan – Sunita was ten weeks pregnant when a routine scan in Pune showed no heartbeat. The doctor spoke kindly, but the words blurred. By evening…
  • The Night Rosa Stopped Making Sense – Rosa, thirty-one, had delivered her first baby in Lisbon five days earlier. On the first two nights she barely slept, which her husband, Miguel,…
  • After The Discharge – The ward called the birth normal. At home the nights were not. She could not feel the baby as hers. Her mother said tiredness.…

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