Wow! This is an intense question. Quiet honestly we can't speak for all moms out there, but we grew up in a family that worked in hospital and so we have met people with issues before and the kids are fine, but it really depends on the disorder. Take for example that series State of Tara it really honed in on the personality disorder and showed the family dynamic of someone raising kids with that disorder and its quiet interesting because really the only people who really could give you insight into this would be someone whose lived through this in our opinion anyway. Hope that helps.