The royal couple "wouldn't hesitate" to look for support if little Prince George and Princess Charlotte required caring and mental healing, said Princess Kate.
She addressed her charity, the Anna Freud Centre, that is coming out with a series of podcasts called 'Child in Mind'. It would support parents to oversee child and family mental health issues. Every episode is 20 minutes long and each one is a narrative about child and family mental health, explored by an expert.
"It doesn't need to be like this," Kate said on Sunday even as she released a series of podcasts that could help parents to understand and strengthen the children's mental health. "With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young, and can have the bright future they deserve."
She said that one-third of adults "say they would be embarrassed to seek help for their child's mental health. No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever, yet some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them, because the adults in their life are scared to ask," she said.
She explained that children need the strong support of parents. "Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up."
She and Prince William want to be that couple, she said. "Knowing this, both William and I feel very strongly that we wouldn't hesitate to get expert support for George and Charlotte if they need it."
Princess Kate and Prince William and brother-in-law Prince Harry formed a Heads Together initiative in April, that could look after the mental health of children, by pooling the talents and voices of many charitable organisations.
Kate is pinning her hopes on the podcasts. She feels that they will "go some way to help families overcome that fear of what happens next if they look for professional support. They illustrate that many of the therapies are actually very simple and practical steps that include the whole family to help children make sense of the world around them."
"They show how with the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young, and can have the bright future they deserve," she said.
All the episodes will be hosted on both the Anna Freud National Centre's iTunes channel and its SoundCloud account.
