Families today face an overwhelming landscape of information and limited time to sort through it all. On February 26, 2026, the Center for Resilient Families will host a community-wide conference focused on understanding how parents and children find, use, and trust mental health resources and how these supports can be made more accessible and effective.
High-pressure jobs can come with chronic stress, long shifts and unpredictable schedules. These pressures, when not managed, can ripple into family life, affecting both parents’ and children’s emotional well-being.
Separation and divorce are a reality for many American families.
“Half of all children experience the breakup of their parents’ relationship before the age of 16,” says Arizona State University Assistant Professor Karey O’Hara.
And while some children struggle with the emotional toll of family conflict, others show remarkable resilience. So what makes the difference?
Top ASU psychology professors with expertise in trauma-informed parenting interventions have joined with the Child Mind Institute to develop videos and tools to directly help families dealing with some of the most pressing, confusing and challenging questions of our current times.
Conflict between divorced or separated parents increases the risk of children developing physical and mental health problems.
A new study from the Arizona State University Research and Education Advancing Children’s Health (REACH) Institute has found that children experience fear of being abandoned when their divorced or separated parents engage in conflict. Worrying about being abandoned predicted future mental health problems in children. The work was published in Child Development on Jan. 12.
In the U.S., over 25% of military members and veterans report experiencing acute stress, depression or PTSD, conditions that can also weigh heavy on their families. At Arizona State University, the Adaptive Parenting Program (ADAPT) is working to address the issue.
Facilitated by the ASU REACH Institute, the program provides training to parents who are veterans and members of the military, giving them tools to be their children’s best teachers, reduce stressors and improve family and individual wellness.