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The presentation built on a qualitative interview study of 8 children (11 - 17 years) The presentation focused on children's own stories about social support in everday life. When their mom became mental ill, good relations to peers and at least one trusty adult seems to very important. Without such key-relations the children become very vulnerable. Most often the social support is from private, unformal, relations. Health- and social workers seemed to more periphere in the children's stories than expected. Adults employed at school were often wished to be more close in the children's stories than they seemed to be.