This has been children's mental health week. Parents are from the very start handicapped by their love for their children. In evolutionary terms parental love leads to instant self sacrifice to save the children from danger. Now our urban jungle has none of the traditional predators we find it much harder to apply logical boundaries and teaching as emotion hijacks logic. Family therapy can be very helpful in many cases. A significant minority of children have Attention Deficit Disorder. This is a poorly diagnosed condition which is also controversial given that it's treatment often involves a stimulant similar to amphetamine. However ADHD is a genetic condition which responds very well to treatment. Without it children will often have to hear the burden of constant criticism and restraint as well as troubled relationships which will often have deep effects on self esteem and psychological development. We mention school refusal and self harm and will go into the latter in more detail in another podcast. In that same podcast we will discuss personality development including psychopathy. We conclude that being a parent is immensely difficult but disagree with Socrates' assertion that parents are not fit to bring up children. The children and families services are excellent and easily accessible source of help through the GP.