{"id":45759,"date":"2025-05-03T02:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T02:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45759"},"modified":"2025-05-03T02:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T02:59:08","slug":"breaking-cowboys-dak-prescott-shares-emotional-mental-health-message-to-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45759","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Dak Prescott Shares Emotional Mental Health Message to Kids.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Walter Payton Man of the Year winner Dak Prescott stopped by a local DFW high school to speak with students about Mental Health Awareness Month.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and hardly any\u00a0NFL\u00a0player has been as involved in their community regarding the mental health epidemic as\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott tragically lost his brother Jace to suicide on April 23, 2020, and since, has become a devoted advocate for suicide prevention, mental health awareness and other charitable efforts in the Dallas community.<\/p>\n<p>The latest example comes Friday morning as Dak visited Aledo High School to share a powerful message about what this month is all about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t a one day thing,&#8221; 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