Children’s Mental Health Ranks as Top Concern for Parents

Mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and suicide more worrying than bullying, kidnapping, drug abuse, and other issues

Mental health experts say the first step in recognizing possible mental illness in your children is to know their habits and patterns. Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock

Children’s mental health is the biggest concern among their parents, post-pandemic, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

The study was conducted between Sept. 20, 2022, and Oct. 2, 2022, among a nationally representative sample of 3,757 U.S. parents with children younger than 18, using the Center’s American Trends Panel.