Giving Kids 'Mental Health Days' Could Help Their Emotional Wellbeing

A National Alliance on Mental Illness poll found one in six teens report feeling negative emotions often or always. Some parents are taking action.

Everybody needs a little time away, including young people.

Mom of four Melissa Bradley says she started giving her kids a day off school — not a sick day, but a self-care day.

"If you're home for a mental health day, it's not just to be home playing on your phone or your computer," Bradley said. "It's to be home, to reset, to step back from everything and get yourself straight for the next day."