My Happy Sad Mummy
My Happy Sad Mummy "Sometimes Mummy has happy days, where she talks and laughs all day long. She cries all day and stays in bed. Sometimes Mummy is sad. For a child whose parent lives with bipolar…
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My Happy Sad Mummy
"Sometimes Mummy has happy days, where she talks and laughs all day long. She cries all day and stays in bed. Sometimes Mummy is sad.
For a child whose parent lives with bipolar disorder, witnessing and experiencing the highs and lows that this particular mental illness brings with it can be very difficult for a child to process. Sometimes she's so sad she has to go to hospital." The symptoms of a mental illness can be challenging enough for adults to understand and live with. 'My Happy Sad Mummy' provides both a starting point; for the necessary dialogue that will lead the child to a clearer awareness and understanding of their parent's illness, as well as comfort; to know that their experience is a shared one.
"I strongly recommend 'My Happy Sad Mummy' - I have not seen anything of its like before." - Professor Philip Mitchell (AM, Scientia Professor, Head of the School of Psychiatry,