According to a well-respected study of the issue, your child would have roughly a 30% chance of getting psoriasis at some point in life, if one parent has psoriasis. If both parents have psoriasis, the chance increases to almost two-thirds. Given the compassion psoriasis patients learn from living with this disease, we’d say your child is lucky to have you as a parent; and in any event, with current and emerging treatments, the prognosis for children with psoriasis is very bright.