Children

Having healthy, pleasant, and efficient first experiences is vital to a healthy life. The perception of newborns and infants from their environment forms their knowledge and feelings towards the world. It will leave a strong influence on their future.

All parents genuinely want to raise happy, healthy, responsible, and prosperous children. Reaching this goal, acknowledging babies’ intellectual and emotional functions and the proper ways of giving feedback to them is a necessity. But acknowledgment alone cannot be sufficient. It is only with mental health that one can manifest this knowledge properly. Responsible parents try to keep their mental health too. They are also informed that the dysfunctional parenting methods they might have experienced during their childhood should not influence how they grow their children. Instead, they always seek new efficient parenting methods.

It is not only to solve a problem or treat a disorder but also to visit a child psychologist. You can also learn about the optimum and most functional methods of parenting. With that being said, in some cases seeking the aid of a psychotherapist is a necessity. For instance, when your child:

• Starts talking late or stutters while speaking.
• Shows behavioral disorders such as nail-biting or thumb-sucking.
• Has problems with socializing.
• Expresses extreme aggression and self-harms or harms others.
• Does not have a healthy diet or sleep cycle or is dealing with bedwetting.
• Acts stubbornly and does not accept or obey your laws and demands.
• Demonstrates symptoms of isolation, avoidance, or depression.
• Has been harassed or abused mentally, physically, or sexually.
• Experiences dire fears, stresses, or acts radically attached.
• Deals with problems in learning or having relationships with classmates.
• Mourns a recent loss of a close one.
• Feels heavy tension at home or the parents are divorced.
• Is getting affected by the negative influences of immigration.

Several problems related to immigration can cause stress, depression, aggression, or behavioral disorders in a kid. Here are some common causes:

• Enormous changes happen in one’s life from the moment of deciding to immigrate. While going through the immigration process for a long time after settling in your new environment, you must take care of many things. It may cause you high-stress levels, instability, uncertainty about the future, or even depression. This situation is even more difficult for a kid who needs constant attention, a sense of peace, and stability.
• For a kid, it is not easy to justify a decision to leave friends and family. The children see these separations as an unfair and despicable decision. They cannot see how leaving the lovely and safe space they once had can be due to their pay for a better life.
• Your child enters a new world where there is no familiar face. Kids need to learn healthy ways of developing relationships with others. However, the immigrant children may not have enough confidence to build relationships. That may be due to the lack of language fluency or maybe because they can understand their differences with others around them.
• Most immigrants do not have a solid social network in their new society. If they do, they may receive less support and sincerity than what they used to receive in their own country. Therefore, they have to take care of all problems on their own. Having the responsibility of a child can make things even more difficult. In this situation, feeling alone can be a heavy emotional burden on the shoulders of you and your child.

Your child may be dealing with one or more problems mentioned above. In this case, visiting a mental health specialist is necessary since almost all of these problems are unlikely to be solved without therapy. It is also probable for you -as an immigrant- to face ambiguity while making decisions in parenting. For instance, what norms and values you should apply to while parenting, how to help the children to cope with the outside world, and explaining the new life to them. It is also possible that exceptional circumstances you are dealing with lead you to face unique problems.

Here at Daroon Mental Health Centre, you can find your answers. Our team of psychologists will be with you in the process of parenting -or treatment, if needed- based on the latest scientific psychological methods and studies. We reach this purpose through therapy sessions and online workshops. You can enjoy being a parent and grow happy and healthy children with </Here at Daroon Mental Health Centre, you can find your answers. Our team of psychologists will be with you in the process of parenting -or treatment, if needed- based on the latest scientific psychological methods and studies. We reach this purpose through therapy sessions and online workshops. You can enjoy being a parent and grow happy and healthy children with Daroon.