Mental health isn’t just about understanding thoughts and feelings that are happening within yourself, but also understanding environmental factors that can contribute to your mental health. Recognize positive and negative impacts on mental health. One of the biggest factors that influence the mental health of children is parents themselves. Children grow up mirroring parents so if there is poor mental health from a mentor it will trickle down to the child. Another important factor is peers and teachers your child surrounds themselves at with in a setting such as school. This is where they spend most of their day and have most of their interactions. Children need a dependable support system in order to properly deal with their mental health. Support systems include their family, teachers, peers, and community members. People in your child’s support system can be used for emotional support as well as showing up and being there for your child. Your child not only needs a solid support system, but they also need to feel as if they can go to these people when they need to talk.