This morning, the Duchess of Cambridge is taking on a new high profile role as a guest editor of Huffington Post UK, transforming one of Kensington Palace’s rooms into a makeshift newsroom.
“We know there is no shame in a young child struggling with their emotions or suffering from a mental illness," the Duchess wrote as she called for the end of the "taboo" surrounding mental illness.
Prince William, 33, and Princess Kate, 34, are trying to end the stigma of mental illness, telling parents they too would want to help their own children, 2-year-old Prince George and 9-month-oldPrincess Charlotte, if they were suffering from mental healthproblems.
“Like most parents today, William and I would not hesitate to seek help for our children if they needed it,” Kate wrote in her blog for Huffington Post UK.
“We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older,” she continued.
Kate has made mental health for children her number one priority and this morning she introduced the Young Minds Matter initiative.
[For more of this story, written by Lama Hasan and Carolyn Durand, go to http://abcnews.go.com/Entertai...or/story?id=36995120]
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