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Supporting your child

Nurturing positive mental health strategies and coping mechanisms as children develop.

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Supporting your child's mental health

Supporting your child’s mental health and wellbeing is an important part of their growth and development. It is an ongoing process and as a parent, you may need to adapt to their needs as they age.  

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Last updated Thursday 28 August 2025

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network acknowledges that our facilities are built on the lands of the Bidjigal, Cammeraygal, Burramattagal, Cabrogal, Wangal, and Woddi Woddi. Our services extend across the lands now known as New South Wales. 

Aboriginal people believe these lands hold the ancestral spirits of those who have come and gone before them.

We acknowledge this is, was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.


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