Why Parent Mental Health Matters
Parent Mental Health Day (PMHD), founded by stem4 in 2022, highlights the crucial link between parent and carer wellbeing and family mental health. As the UK’s leading digital youth mental health charity, we see every day how young people’s struggles deeply affect their families.
The uncertainty, exhaustion, and long waits for professional support leave many parents and carers feeling overwhelmed and alone. That’s why we are dedicated to providing clinically informed, evidence-based, and accessible mental health tools to support both young people and those who care for them.
#ScreenSmartParenting – Creating a Healthy Digital Balance
This year’s theme, #ScreenSmartParenting, is all about helping families build healthier screen habits, reduce digital stress, and create positive online environments.
Technology is a huge part of daily life, but without balance, it can contribute to stress, anxiety, and conflict. Together, we can ensure that the digital world supports, rather than harms, the mental health of young people and their families.
Resources to Support You and Your Family
💻 Get Screen Smart with stem4
Our online training portal provides expert-led training for parents, carers, and professionals to help them support young people’s mental health in a digital world.
The #ScreenSmartParenting training offers practical strategies to manage screen time effectively, set healthy boundaries, and foster digital resilience.
📍 Find out more today: https://training.stem4.org.uk
📲 Combined Minds – Support for Families
The Combined Minds app helps parents, carers, and friends support young people facing mental health challenges.
With specialist guidance on digital addiction, resilience-building, and emotional support, it empowers families to help young people navigate their struggles in a healthy way.
📥 Download Combined Minds today: https://combinedminds.stem4.org.uk
🎙️ Expert Advice from Dr. Nihara Krause MBE
On the Understanding Teen Minds podcast, stem4 founder and Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause MBE provides expert insights for parents and carers.
Topics include building resilience, managing screen time, and understanding the pressures young people face in a digital world.
🎧 Listen now for expert guidance: https://stem4.org.uk/podcasts/
We Need Your Help
In 2023, only 30% of young people in the UK received the mental health support they needed, leaving 1.9 million without help (NHS England, 2023).
Last year, our free apps supported over 300,000 young people, but we need your help to keep them running, safe, and accessible to those who need them most.
