I've recently purchased several books to attempt to help my 8 yr old daughter understand my Bipolar disorder. This book wasn't quite what I expected, but has still been very beneficial. The mom in the story appears to be suffering from schizophrenia, but even though some of the symptoms mentioned were different from what my daughter's seen me experiencing, she still could relate to the story very strongly and has asked me to read this with her numerous times. Overall, this book has been very helpful in helping me and my daughter communicate about my illness.

I am the webowner of the Mental Health Sanctuary, and I myself have mental health disorders. This is an excellent book to help children understand that they are not alone with their thoughts and feelings of having a parent with a mental health disability. A little story of a young girl's experience with her mentally ill mother and what it feels like. The child expresses her feelings about her mother's behavior as well as the close relationship she has with her grandma. To those of you parents who have a mental health disability as I do, I caution you when you read this book. It will trigger many parents. I burst into tears immediately with feelings of guilt and sadness for the child that I raised. You may want to consider having someone else read it to your child.