I think it depends on the child for example if it was a child like mine who constantly worries about things no I would not want him on a mixed board. But yet if it was a child who was able to understand that just because one person has something it doesnt mean they have to have it to like a friends child that is the same age as mine I'd say yes, because that child knows when she has a problem and she looks for solutions instead of dramatizing and trying to keep up with the jones's of every new disorder on earth, in fact the child I did tell the mom of this child how to find psychcentral for the daughter and the daughter has been here with no problems at all with handling the site and topics. The mom oversees her computer time here and they take time to discuss what is being read and replying about and the teen is fully aware that this site is not meant to replace therapy and to be used in crisis. she is using the site like she should - as a supliment to her real time therapy program with her therapist in her local city.