“Allow them the opportunity to express what they’re feeling,” she adds. Both Boudreau and Dennison suggest finding ways to explain to your child that an illness in the brain is no different from one in the body, like cancer. By making this comparison, children may be able to better ...
Talking to children about mental health can be difficult. Many parents don’t want to expose their children to something so complicated and overwhelming; however, opening the conversation can remove the stigma and much of the stress associated with it. According to the CDC, mental health issues ...
One of the most important steps in supporting your child’s mental health is maintaining open and honest communication. Encourage your child to express their feelings and reassure them that it’s okay to feel sad, angry, or confused. Use age-appropriate language to explain the situation...
We hear from Dr. Ammar al Bana, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Head of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre atAl Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital,to learn more about how best to tackle the topic of coronavirus with your little ones. Amid the coronavirus outbreak,...
Research resulted in the emergence of two general themes helping to explain the fundamentals under which the executive directors and clinical staff identify and manage the mental health of children impacted by IPV. The first theme relates to the impact of the guiding theoretical model as the basis...
This also gives parents the chance to correct any misinformation their children might have heard. If your pre-teen says, 'Weak people die by suicide,' then a parent can explain that the person died because of an illness, not weakness. ...
Rayna Wang, a social worker who provides counseling to first-generation Chinese American children and their parents, explains that in the Chinese community, people often talk about mental health through physical symptoms. Worry or stress may be described as changes in energy or “qi” (氣), or...
Explain that these thoughts are normal and that we all have them. However, we don’t have to just accept these thoughts and keep on feeling stressed. Use an actual coin to show your kids heads and tails. They’re two very different sides of the same coin. We can do this with our th...
“How can I help my child make friends?”“What can I do to make sure my child has the skills to be independent?”“How can I boost my child’s self-confidence?” They want to know the key to helping their kids. 无论孩子是否患有ADHD、学习障碍或自闭症,有特殊需求的家长都渴望知道...
The study did not determine themechanismsthrough which parental narcissism affects children’s mental health. But here are some possibilities: Lack of empathy and regard for the child’s interests:Because narcissistic parents use their children to meet their own narcissistic needs, their children...