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Family Support plays a Pivotal Role in Tackling Mental Health Issues

Family Support plays a Pivotal Role in Tackling Mental Health Issues

by Shilpi Mallick -
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Positive parenting helps to develop stronger parent-child relationships. Positive parenting is an approach that is sensitive to children's individual needs and addressing the typical challenges that arise in early childhood with empathy and respect. Parents influence their children in profound ways by how they live their lives and do the “right” things, even when no one else is looking. Kids learn how to solve problems and critically think about the world around them, in part, by observing their parents. Strong emotional bonds with parents help children learn how to manage their feelings, behaviors, and develop self-confidence. Children are better equipped to cope with challenges such as poverty, family instability, parental stress, and depression. Children learn their behavior by watching what we do. “If parents respond by being irritable or aggressive themselves, children can mimic that behavior and a negative cycle then continues to escalate.

When parents engage positively with their children, teaching them the behaviors and skills that they need to cope with the world, children learn to follow rules and regulate their own feelings