Children’s mental health isn’t just a family issue—it’s a workplace issue. When kids struggle, parents face missed work, disrupted focus, and mounting stress, creating ripple effects across their professional and personal lives. The costs to employers are steep: lost productivity, higher turnover, and decreased employee well-being. For employers, supporting the mental health of employees’ children isn’t just compassionate—it’s strategic, boosting retention and attracting top talent, especially among younger workers. We’ll explore the direct link between children’s mental health and workplace performance, and the role employers, healthcare leaders, and advocates play in breaking the cycle of stress for families.
Featuring Anna Ankenbauer, Senior Director, Global Giving, Engagement, Learning & Development, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.; Nina Day, Community Mental Health Advocate; Dr. Ariana Hoet, Executive Director, The Kids Mental Health Foundation, with moderator Cierra Johnson, NBC4 Anchor & Reporter.
If you would like to dive more deeply into this topic, our friends at the Columbus Metropolitan Library suggest checking out Finding Time: the Economics of Work-life Conflict, by Heather Boushey.
