It can be hard to know how much to share about your kid’s mental illness, and what to say when you receive comments or advice. In this episode, Paul and I talk about some approaches that worked for us when talking to family, friends, neighbours, and work colleagues.

1:35 - Update on Malika

3:26 - Introducing the topic - how to talk about it when you have a kid with mental illness. Balancing openness with considerations such as privacy and respect and why we feel we can be more open now than in the past.

9:35 - Some general suggestions about what to say when you receive comments or advice.

14:25 - Talking to family.

21:20 - Talking to friends

25:25 - Talking to the neighbours.

29:50 - A conversation about work and some general wrap-up comments.



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