Kids Acting Out May Be an Echo of Father’s Mental Health

Children’s mental well-being can be affected by their father’s depressed state. The good news is that once a father heals, the child can, too.

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Kids don’t act out without reason. Sometimes, their behavior might be an echo of a father’s struggle with depression.

A recent study found that if a father struggles with depression during his child’s kindergarten years, teachers often see the fallout by fourth grade—the child may become more disruptive in class, struggle to focus, or withdraw socially.