Category: Child Mental Health Basics
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Welcome home! But wait, what does ‘home’ look like or feel like? Ever wondered what the answer to these questions would be if you were to ask a child? What does ‘home’ mean to your child? What picture forms in their minds when they hear the word ‘home’? What feeling does it evoke?…
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Preparing for a lifetime of mental wellness
There’s a weird continuity to mental health issues. In previous articles, you probably noticed our emphasis on how childhood mental health problems often have a way of festering into adulthood. Although it’s easier to trace certain problems to a very specific sudden traumatic event, for many other mental health conditions, it can be difficult to…
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What child mental health is NOT: Debunking your assumptions.
You’ve probably rolled your eyes at least once at someone who was talking about their mental health and throwing psycho-babble in your face to explain away their questionable behaviour. Even I have. Although there’s so much awareness being brought to the importance of mental health care, many of us still believe that these issues are…
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Promoting a Lifetime of mental wellness: From birth to age three
As adults, our mental wellness profoundly affects the children in our lives as parents and as caregiving relatives. To help promote optimal psychological development in children, we need to start thinking about the mental health of our babies long before they arrive, so we can prepare to offer them a safe and supportive environment that…
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Mental Health in Children: Why should you care?
“You’re not pretty!” “You’re too emotional… Man up!” If any of these have ever been said to you, the chances are that you first heard those words sometime between childhood and adolescence. Now think about how those statements have subtly influenced your mental health, possibly producing anxiety, insecurity, body dysmorphia or repressed emotions in you…
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The Rights of a Child
According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC), a child is defined as anyone under the age of 18years unless the age is set earlier by laws applicable to the child. For example, in Nigeria, the age of maturity is set at 16 years in some states for various reasons,…
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Promoting Infant Mental Health
Mental health is a difficult concept to apply to infants, but it is no less important. Infant mental health serves to shine a bright light on innate attributes, environmental and socio-cultural factors that influence a child’s ability to form healthy relationships, develop emotional intelligence, and continue to have positive development throughout life. It focuses on…
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