Tag: family
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HOME
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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Promoting a Lifetime of Mental Wellness III: The Adulting Scam
“Adulthood is a scam!” This is arguably one idea that several people between the ages of 18 and 40 seem to universally agree on. Although adulting represents freedom, the ‘scam’ often speaks to the gradual (and maybe horrifying) realization of the complexities, burdens and obligations that come with it. And if the popular Brittany Spears…
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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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Promoting a Lifetime of Mental Wellness II: Supporting Older Children
You might have seen an Instagram video of a little boy who went viral last year for his ability to recognise his emotions and talk about his big feelings with his mom. If you haven’t, you should absolutely watch it here… I promise, you’ll be just as impressed as we all were! This is a…
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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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Coping Strategies in Children
We all experience a wide array of feelings as adults, but chances are that when we experienced similar emotions as children, we were not taught how to cope with or respond to them. Children should be taught how to deal with their emotions and stressful situations appropriately, to avoid turning to unhealthy coping strategies such as alcohol, food, painful stimuli as they grow older. WHAT DOES…
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Caring for a Terminally Ill Child- A Parent’s Guilt
It is never easy to accept that your child will always be unwell, worse still that they may not live another year. The concern before the diagnosis, the fear and uncertainty that comes with the diagnosis, the new world of medical jargon, support groups, tests, and medications you can barely pronounce. The stress and strain…
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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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