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title: "Behavioral Health: What Parents Should Know"
description: "  **Summary:**This article highlights the growing mental health crisis among children, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies the differences between behavioral health and mental health, clarifying common misconceptions.   **Application:**This blog provides education to parents on the importance of addressing…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/parenting-resources/10966/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Parenting Resources
tags:
  - Audience
  - Blog
  - Families
---

# Behavioral Health: What Parents Should Know

 

**Summary:**This article highlights the growing mental health crisis among children, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies the differences between behavioral health and mental health, clarifying common misconceptions.

 

**Application:**This blog provides education to parents on the importance of addressing their children's behavioral and emotional well-being, not just their physical health. The author encourages parents to seek behavioral health support without feeling like they have failed and normalizing emotional struggles during childhood development.  

 

**Source: **Boston Children's Hospital

 

[Read More](https://answers.childrenshospital.org/behavioral-health/)

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