That Child Was There All Along | Toi Hirai | TEDxHamamatsu

This talk by Toi Hirai, representative of the nonprofit CoCoTELI, was given at TEDxHamamatsu. It supports children and young people whose parents have mental health conditions. Hirai describes how, in kindergarten, his father developed depression, and how he grew up with difficulties he felt unable to share, including abuse and the need to provide emotional care for a parent. He began this work after connecting with others facing similar challenges through social media at university.

• Childhood experience of a parent's depression
• Difficulties faced by children of parents with mental health conditions
• Origins of CoCoTELI and its work through social media connections

【 あの子は、ずっとそこにいた 】 平井登威 NPO起業家 2001年生まれ。静岡県浜松市出身。 精神疾患の親をもつ子ども・若者の支援を行うNPO法人CoCoTELI代表。 幼稚園年長時に父親がうつ病になり、名もなき困難や虐待、情緒的ケアを経験。大学時代にSNSを通じて、同じ悩みを抱える人との出会いをきっかけに活動を開始。 ForbesJAPAN 30 UNDER 30 2024「世界を変える30歳未満」30人に選出。2025年度 関西大学学長表彰を受賞。 Born in 2001 and originally from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Hirai Toi is the representative of CoCoTELI, a nonprofit organization supporting children and young people with parents who have mental health conditions. In his final year of kindergarten, his father developed depression. As a result, Hirai grew up with struggles he felt unable to share, including childhood abuse and the need to provide emotional care for a parent. At university, he connected through social media with others facing similar challenges, which led him to begin his work in this area. He was selected as one of Forbes JAPAN’s 30 UNDER 30 in 2024, recognizing 30 people under the age of 30 who are changing the world. For the 2025 academic year, he received the Kansai University President’s Award. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx