--- title: Kate Middleton Discusses Mental Health for Kids description: She says that she hopes Prince George and Princess Charlotte will feel comfortable talking to her and Prince William about it canonical: https://time.com/4452208/kate-middleton-mental-health-children/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-15T15:04:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:09.177Z og:title: Kate Middleton Wants Kids to Discuss Mental Health og:description: She hopes George and Charlotte will talk to her and Prince William about it og:url: https://time.com/4452208/kate-middleton-mental-health-children/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3120d529608d1394/6988a25d2dce015f9d9ea4ec/kate-middleton-mental-health-kids-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge At America's Cup World Series og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Middleton Wants Kids to Discuss Mental Health twitter:description: She hopes George and Charlotte will talk to her and Prince William about it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3120d529608d1394/6988a25d2dce015f9d9ea4ec/kate-middleton-mental-health-kids-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Middleton Wants Kids to Feel Comfortable Discussing Mental Health by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 15, 2016 3:04 PM UTC  PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is seen on stage at the America's Cup World Series on July 24, 2016 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is seen on stage at the America's Cup World Series on July 24, 2016 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Chris Jackson/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 15, 2016 3:04 PM UTC Her Royal Highness Duchess of Cambridge [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/4447223/the-internet-thinks-this-olympic-cyclist-really-looks-like-kate-middleton/) recently helped support the launch of a new podcast series aimed at helping parents understand and discuss their children’s [mental health](http://motto.time.com/4376324/read-prince-williams-touching-message-about-mental-health/). Kensington Palace released a statement via [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BJFTRq6gOqX/?taken-by=kensingtonroyal), which describes the Duchess’ [job duties and the program’s initiatives](http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/120024/kate-middleton-mental-health-kids). The podcast series, called _A Child in Mind_, is run through the [Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families](http://www.annafreud.org/), an organization for which the Duchess is a patron. The podcast’s goal is “designed to help parents understand children’s mental health.” Middleton writes in the Instagram caption precisely why parents must discuss and [address mental health](http://motto.time.com/4423146/demi-lovato-hillary-clinton/): --- > “” --- Middleton continues to strike an empathetic tone in the statement. She goes so far as to mention her own children: “William and I feel very strongly that we wouldn’t hesitate to get expert support for George and [Charlotte](http://motto.time.com/4314409/princess-charlotte-fashion/) if they need it.” The Duchess’ work with the Anna Freud Centre isn’t her first foray into mental health support. In February, she [wrote a post](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/her-royal-highness-the-duchess-of-cambridge/lets-make-a-real-difference-for-young-children%5Fb%5F9246336.html) for Huffington Post UK about similar subject matter. “The mental health of our children must be seen as every bit as important as their physical health,” she wrote. “For too long we have been embarrassed to admit when our children need emotional or psychiatric help, worried that the stigma associated with these problems would be detrimental to their futures.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4452208/kate-middleton-mental-health-children/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4452208/kate-middleton-mental-health-children/"},"headline":"Kate Middleton Wants Kids to Feel Comfortable Discussing Mental Health","datePublished":"2016-08-15T15:04:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:09.177Z","description":"'It doesn't need to be like this'","url":"https://time.com/4452208/kate-middleton-mental-health-children/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3120d529608d1394/6988a25d2dce015f9d9ea4ec/kate-middleton-mental-health-kids-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3120d529608d1394/6988a25d2dce015f9d9ea4ec/kate-middleton-mental-health-kids-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge At America's Cup World Series","caption":"Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge At America's Cup World Series","creditText":"Chris Jackson/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4452208/kate-middleton-mental-health-children/","name":"Kate Middleton Wants Kids to Feel Comfortable Discussing Mental Health"}}]}] ```