Kids Feel Bias, Its Harm on Their Mental Health

From UCLA

Children of color, as early as the fifth grade, perceive or experience racial discrimination, mostly at school, and this can have detrimental effects on their mental health, prompting upticks in reported symptoms of depression, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity and other forms of acting up or out, researchers say. Analyzing data from a two-year study of more than 5,000 youngsters and their parents in three cities, including Los Angeles, they found that 15% of the children said they had perceived or experienced race bias. And those with this exposure -- African-American, Latino and "other" children -- were more likely to report symptoms of mental health woes.

Mental Health Woes for Kids Who Feel Race Bias