{"id":2375200,"date":"2026-04-15T23:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2375200"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:07:30","slug":"prince-harry-says-children-should-be-an-upgrade-of-their-parents-as-he-talks-mental-health-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-says-children-should-be-an-upgrade-of-their-parents-as-he-talks-mental-health-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry says children should be an &#8216;upgrade&#8217; of their parents as he talks mental health in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Melbourne, Harry was at the launch of a report into the mental health of fathers of young children, by the charity Movember.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After introducing himself with a &#8220;G&#8217;day everyone&#8221;, the Duke talked about his own mental health after becoming a dad &#8211; with references to his father, King Charles III.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The world around us has changed massively, so there is no version of where parenting is going to be the same as we experienced,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I see parenting evolving all the time. From my perspective, our kids are our upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That&#8217;s not how I was taught, but that was my take on it. Not to say I was an upgrade of my dad or that my kids are an upgrade of me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the approach that I take, to know that with the world the way that it goes, the kids that we bring up in today&#8217;s world need to be an upgrade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Even if you had the best upbringing in the world, the best parenting in the world, there&#8217;s still room for improvement,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also reiterated the importance of fathers reaching out for help if struggling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For so many years it has been seen as a weakness to stick your hands up. I find it&#8217;s the opposite. The more grief I get for talking about it , the more I want to stand up and talk about it. I know if I go quiet about it \u2013 what does that say to everyone else?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bbc.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Melbourne, Harry was at the launch of a report into the mental health of fathers of young children, by the charity Movember. 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