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Research has documented that parents consistently overestimate their child’s level of happiness. More importantly parents suffer from their own family of origin issues and are often ill-equipped to help kids through their issues. Parents are desperate to know how their child is really doing, while children rarely reveal the severity of their issues; often it’s clear only after it’s too late. 13% of children ages 8 to 15 have had a diagnosable mental disorder within the previous year, 20% of youth ages 13-18 have a severe mental disorder, and 46% will experience some form of mental health disorder in their lifetime. This means that 1 in 5 school age children are in need of mental health support and intervention in a system lacking the capacity to deliver these services. Only 7.4 percent of adolescents report visiting with a mental health professional over the course of a year. Untreated children unduly tax school systems who lack the resources to intervene. The growing impact of pediatric mental health disorders is driving up costs for children’s hospitals and health care delivery systems. Emergency rooms are taxed with a growth in hospitalizations due to suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States; these rates more than doubled from 2008 to 2015. And, 70.4% of youth in the juvenile justice system have a diagnosed mental illness. For children being treated therapeutically it’s extremely difficult to measure progress and know when to stop therapy or when to change treatment. K’Bro provides the data to determine if therapeutic invention is needed and for therapists to monitor and adjust treatment. YouROK provides a low cost, kid-friendly experience which helps kids improve their own emotional self-care and engage more effectively in life regardless of diagnosis.