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Supporting parents of children with mental health challenges to be their child's best advocate
Tip Sheets
Our tip sheets offer quick and practical guidance for parents supporting a child with mental or behavioral health challenges. Each tip sheet is written with families in mind and designed to help you navigate real situations, whether it is managing school stress, handling tough behaviors at home, or finding the right services.
These tip sheets are easy to read, filled with expert-informed strategies, and grounded in lived experience. Use them whenever you need clarity, confidence, or a next step. All tip sheets are free to download and created to meet you where you are!
13 Things Your Kids Wish You Knew
Children often have trouble explaining how they feel. Check out the 13 tips they wish you knew about their mental health!
Bullying Prevention
Learn important tips for handling the bullying your child may be experiencing.
Dad to Dad
Dads play an important part in their child's mental wellness. Get ideas from dads on how to make a difference. También disponible en español.
Distance Learning Troubleshooting
Find strategies for managing and troubleshooting the difficulties your child may be having with distance learning.
Emotional Safety Plan
Don't wait until you're overwhelmed—make a simple plan to head off those feelings of stress. También disponible en español.
Graduation for Students with Behavioral Challenges
Is your child nearing graduation? Check out these tips to ensure they are prepared. También disponible en español.
Helping our Children Make Healthy Friendships
Friendships are an important part of a happy and healthy life, but making and keeping good friendships can be hard. Here are tips parents shared with us on how they help their children manage this tricky process.
Homeschooling Resources
Find a variety of resources to help make homeschooling your child with social, emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges easier.
How to Make Your LGBTQIA+ Child Feel Loved and Heard
Check out these tips for ensuring your child feels loved and heard when they come out to you as LGBTQIA+. También disponible en español.
How to Meet with Your Legislator
Wondering how to plan a successful meeting with your local, state, or federal legislator? Check out these simple tips for a successful meeting. También disponible en español.
How to Pick the Right Residential Treatment Facility for Your Child
Learn from parents who have had to make the difficult decision of sending their child to an RTF. También disponible en español.
How to be a Supportive Partner
Parents share their best tips for how to stay connected with your partner as you navigate the challenges of raising a child who is struggling.
Inpatient Hospitalization: A Resource for Parents and Families
Here is what you need to know to help your child navigate inpatient treatment.
Managing Your Pandemic Burnout
We at the Parent Alliance want you to know if you are feeling burnout right, you are not alone. Here are some tips parents want to share with you.
Mental Health Consent to Treat
Learn about PA's Mental Health Consent Law for children ages 14 to 17. También disponible en español.
Navigating the Juvenile Justice System with a Mental Health Challenge: A Parent's Guide
Interactions between law enforcement and your child can be very scary, especially for a child who has a mental health challenge. It is best to prepare your child ahead of time for what they could expect if they were ever to have an interaction with law enforcement.
Parenting Through the Tough Days: Small Steps That Make a Big Difference
A free, interactive eBook with real tips from parents and experts to help you care for your mental health while parenting.
Residential Treatment Facility Tips
Parents who have the experience of placing their child in a residential treatment facility share the tips they've learned to help you prepare and plan for their stay. También disponible en español.
Sharing Your Story
Families are often asked to share their story with decision-makers. But what should you share, and how do you start? This tip sheet will give you ideas and a plan to help. También disponible en español.
Socializing at a Distance
Check out these ideas for staying connected even when you can't be together.
Talking about Suicide
If you're concerned about suicide, bring it up. If you don't know how to ask your child if they are considering ending their life, let us help you.
The Unique Challenges of Parenting in a Blended Family
Get tips on how to help your child who struggles adjust to your newly blended family—tips shared by parents who lived through merging their families together.
Tips Parents Want to Share about Trauma
Tips from parents to parents about raising children who have experienced extreme trauma. También disponible en español.
Understanding Your Child's Social Battery
If you have a child who is introverted, shy, or anxious, they may struggle with what's called their "social battery." Learn more about this concept and ways parents can help prepare their child (including adult children) for social situations.