--- title: 'Parenting a child with OCD - Kitty' url: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/mental-health/ocd/parenting-a-child-with-ocd-kitty' markdown: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/mental-health/ocd/parenting-a-child-with-ocd-kitty.md' date: '2026-01-02' description: 'How to help a child with OCD Mental health has had an immense impact on Kitty and Daniel Nabarro’s lives, as their daughter first displayed OCD symptoms at the age of eight but wasn''t diagnosed until well into her late teens, precisely because there was a lack of information about children’s mental health conditions at that time. As a result of their experiences, Kitty and her husband Daniel co-founded the charity Nip in the Bud. In primary school, their daughter often worried about harm coming to herself and others. She was finally diagnosed with OCD when she was 16. Their daughter is happily married, with a lovely child and a successful career, but the OCD continues to affect her life. If there had been more information about OCD in those days and it had been "nipped in the bud" when she was nine years old, the condition would not have become entrenched.' taxonomy: category: - 'Mental Health' tag: - 'Lived Experience' - OCD type: - Video contributor: - 'Kitty Nabarro' - 'Neil Bonner' --- # Parenting a Child with OCD [ Lived Experience ](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/results/tag:Lived%20Experience) [ OCD ](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/results/tag:OCD) [ ![Nip in the Bud](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/user/themes/nitb/images/logos/round-logo.png) ](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/about-us "About Nip in the Bud") ![Kitty Nabarro](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/user/pages/06.about-us/02.authors-and-experts/kitty-nabarro/kitty-nabarro.webp) Speaker [Kitty Nabarro](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/about-us/authors-and-experts/kitty-nabarro)founder Duration: 0h 6m 15s Published: August 2020 Produced and Directed by: [Neil Bonner](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/about-us/authors-and-experts/neil-bonner) #### Warning: Please note – some images and content may be upsetting or disturbing. This film is not intended to be watched by children ## How to help a child with OCD Mental health has had an immense impact on Kitty and Daniel Nabarro’s lives, as their daughter first displayed OCD symptoms at the age of eight but wasn't diagnosed until well into her late teens, precisely because there was a lack of information about children’s mental health conditions at that time. As a result of their experiences, Kitty and her husband Daniel co-founded the charity Nip in the Bud. In primary school, their daughter often worried about harm coming to herself and others. She was finally diagnosed with OCD when she was 16. Their daughter is happily married, with a lovely child and a successful career, but the OCD continues to affect her life. 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