Comments on: Children's Books for 9-13 Year Olds that Address Mental Illness https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/mental-illness-childrens-books/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Megan Buhler https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/mental-illness-childrens-books/#comment-423039 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:18:13 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=22302#comment-423039 We really like This Is Not the Abby Show about a girl with ADHD. My daughter (also named Abby) really related to the character.

]]> By: Rachel J Fremmer https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/mental-illness-childrens-books/#comment-423037 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:24:02 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=22302#comment-423037 There are two books that deal with mental illness in a way that I think is very harmful. Under the Egg and The Greys on Greene Street both have parents with mental illness and children essentially left to fend for themselves. Nothing in the books encourages the children to get help for themselves or their parents. I also don't like the stereotype of associating mental illness with artists.

I wrote about Under the Egg here: https://eveninaustraliakidlit.blogspot.com/search?q=mental+illness

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