Mental health can often feel like a topic that is hard to tackle. And it can feel especially difficult to discuss with children.

It’s hard to know what terms to use, how to make the conversation developmentally appropriate, and how to not overwhelm them with information.

But we know that it is so important to have conversations on mental health. We know that approximately one in six children between the ages of two and eight have a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder (1).