{"id":19903,"date":"2026-05-29T06:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/summer-break-expert-urges-parents-to-check-in-on-kids-mental-health-signs-ksnv\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:09:16","slug":"summer-break-expert-urges-parents-to-check-in-on-kids-mental-health-signs-ksnv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/summer-break-expert-urges-parents-to-check-in-on-kids-mental-health-signs-ksnv\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer break: Expert urges parents to check in on kids\u2019 mental health signs &#8211; KSNV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now<br \/>79<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Fri<br \/>81<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Sat<br \/>90<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>by<!-- --> <!-- -->Warren Tennyson<br \/><span class=\"dateline\">LAS VEGAS  \u2014 <\/span>As summer vacation begins, mental health experts say families should take time to check in with children about how they\u2019re doing emotionally and behaviorally.<br \/>Jennifer Moore of <a href=\"https:\/\/foundationsbhs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foundations Counseling Center <\/a>said parents and caregivers can watch for several warning signs that a child may be struggling and could benefit from additional support.<br \/>Those signs include sudden mood swings or irritability, sleeping too much or having trouble sleeping, and increased anxiety, worry, fearfulness, or anger. <br \/>Other red flags include spending excessive time alone or online, and making negative statements such as \u201cNobody cares,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not good enough,\u201d or \u201cWhat\u2019s the point?\u201d<br \/> <!-- -->2026<!-- --> <!-- -->Sinclair, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPR2VDOWxlREJwMTlodDR3by1IODRpbEpsN0ZsLVFYM29rcE5oTXh6ZDNFMW1ZRWxGNS1ZbUJuZUpMZy1mM1BGS0lhaWdCTVBEYlZTdF9RNTd2Q2FDWDAxSzV2YXZmRFRrX0NBRTZRZk5HYmpfZVBNZWg1Q0N0SXprcV9wU3FVUmUtVkZhcE5CMzZBRHppYWZoVXV3VDRwR3MzTjBsaEs2TQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now79\u00b0Fri81\u00b0Sat90\u00b0by Warren TennysonLAS VEGAS \u2014 As summer vacation begins, mental health experts say families should take time to check in with children about how they\u2019re doing emotionally and behaviorally.Jennifer Moore of Foundations Counseling Center said parents and caregivers can watch for several warning signs that a child may be struggling and could benefit from additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}