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Parenting is tough. Unfortunately, our children aren’t born with a manual and there aren’t any black and white rules of parenting. That makes our jobs confusing, especially when it comes to understanding our children’s mental health.
It can be difficult to distinguish signs of a mental health disorder from normal childhood behavior.
When my daughter was three, she was a relentless ball of fun, energy and very high emotion. Sometimes, she’d have a temper tantrum about something critical to her, “NO! I don’t want to wear my pink tennis shoes,” she’d cry and scream leaving me feeling perplexed, unsure and a little scared.
Her fury was so great, that I remember worrying that perhaps she had crossed a line of some sort. Was this tantrum a display of an abnormal amount of emotion? Was she physically sick? I even wondered at times if she was she mentally ill.
I went so far as asking a friend, a child psychiatrist, if she thought these types of behaviors were signs of a larger issue. My friend reminded me that at three years old, children have early separation issues and this wild behavior was her unconscious way of testing me: “Will my mommy love me even if I scream, cry and refuse affection?”
I realized after talking to my friend, and doing my own observations, that her tantrums were strong but she’d bounce back and recover fairly quickly.
But not everyone has a friend who is a child psychiatrist. What should we be asking ourselves when we are worried about our children and their overall well being and mental health?
It’s important to understand that not every temper tantrum, aggressive behavior or meltdown is a sign of a major mental health disorder.
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Signs that children may be having trouble are varied depending on their developmental age. but here are some things to keep in mind:
–Hyperactivity beyond what the other kids are doing
–Trouble sleeping
–Persistent nightmares
–Excessive fear, worrying, or crying
–Extreme disobedience or aggression.
–Lots of temper tantrums all the time with the inability to sooth
–Persistent difficulty separating
We also must be alert and hone in on the details of our children’s specific behaviors. By looking at the full scope of their interactions and evaluating behavior patterns, you may uncover indicators of a larger, more pressing issue that requires professional treatment.
Areas to evaluate include home, school, friends, family and self. What you are looking for is how intense and frequent their disruptive behaviors are.
While observing your child, ask yourself a series of questions, some of which can include:
Can my child let go of anger, frustration, sadness? Ako dlho to trvá?
Is my child arguing over the same thing all the time? Can he/she let it go?
Is my child withdrawn and not happy?
Does my child have difficulty engaging?
Is there an inability for my child to find things to do? Is he/she excessively bored?
How well does my child handle quiet time?
Does my child do things to hurt him/herself?
Are there drastic and sudden changes in my child’s behavior (sleeping, eating, toilet habits)?
Does my child have an ability to be empathetic?
Does my child avoid different people in our family?
If you’ve identified areas or behaviors that seem concerning to you, it’s important to organize facts and talk with a professional such as your child’s family doctor. let them know what you’ve observed and be prepared with clear and concise examples to help them better identify and properly recommend the next course of action.
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A worksheet to help you organize your observations:
1. list specific problematic behaviors that indicate emotional turmoil. talk to teachers, daycare providers and others involved with your child on a day-to-day basis. What times of day are these behaviors occurring? What is the setting? What were the circumstances?
2. Make a guess, and define, what you think your child’s emotional turmoil might be. It’s invaluable for the healthcare professional to hear what’s going on in your parental gut and head.
3. What might be the cause of the turmoil? A lot of times, you may have a good inkling as to where this behavior is coming from. For example, are you going through a divorce? Is there an alcoHolic rodič? Urobte si premyslené hádky o tom, čo si myslíte, že sa deje. Nesúďte sa. Len buď úprimný.
4. Akým spôsobom ovplyvnil emocionálne nepokoje vášho dieťaťa rodinu? Opýtajte sa sami seba, ako to ovplyvňuje každodenný život pre vás a ostatných vo vašej rodine?
5. Čo som urobil pre zlepšenie tejto situácie? Konkrétne, čo fungovalo? A potom, čo nefungovalo a prečo?
Ak je to potrebné, váš zdravotnícky profesionál odporučí miestne zariadenie, program alebo lekára, ktorému dôverujú.
Ale bez ohľadu na to, zostaňte úzko zapojení. Vaše dieťa potrebuje, aby ste sa za neho obhajovali a boli pripravení zúčastniť sa riešenia.
Vyhľadajte spôsoby, ako sa baviť a relaxovať spolu. tráviť čas v prírode. Ľahnite si v tráve a pozrite sa na cloudové útvary, choďte na prechádzku po parku a zbierajte chyby.
Všimnite si silné stránky a chváľte ich. Chyťte svoje dieťa je dobré! Robí to zázraky pre ich sebaúctu a vaše puto spolu.
Zaregistrujte sa na triedu rodiča/detskej jogy alebo ich zapojte do ďalších aktivít, ktoré nemusia byť ponúknuté v škole, a pomôžu im vyjadriť kreativitu.
Čím pozitívnejšie skúsenosti máte spolu, tým viac môžete pomôcť dieťaťu prosperovať a rozvíjať dôveru. A čím viac môžete pomôcť propagovať úspech vášho dieťaťa.
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Autor: Polly Drew, M.Ed., LMFT, LSCW, pre časopis zdravých mamičiek
Autor Bio:
Polly Drew je psychoterapeutka, ktorá sa špecializuje na vzťahy, manželské a rodinné problémy. Bola poctená miestna a národne za svoje príspevky do oblasti duševného zdravia a manželstva a rodinnej terapie. Polly sa narodila a vyrastala vo Wisconsine a je absolventkou školy vzdelávania University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Má magisterský titul na Kent State University v Ohiu, dva roky post-majstrového výcviku v manželstve a rodinnej terapii a viac ako 25 rokov v súkromnej psychoterapeutickej praxi v Colorade a Wisconsine. Má licenciu ako nezávislá klinická sociálna pracovníčka a manželstvo a rodinná terapeutka štátom Wisconsin. Viac rád od Polly Navštívte: Rehabs.com a Recovery.org.
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