ABSTRACT
Parenting is a tremendous challenge, and perhaps no parenting dilemma is as dif®cult to handle as the question of how to respond to concerns about your child's mental well-being. Asking for advice from friends and family members may confuse the picture further, since any parent who asks for advice will receive it in abundance, and often it will contradict what the unfortunate parent was just told by another trusted friend. Furthermore, no parenting manual will be able to cover the variety of questions that you will have about your child's emotional well-being.
