Parenting Tips: Don’t ignore these gestures in your child’s behaviour in their formative years
"One need to focus on why your children are facing difficulties in everyday life, without pressurising them too much"
New Delhi: Certain unpleasant circumstances or situations can deeply impact a child’s mental as well as physical growth in their formative years. Going through an uncomfortable incident can cause a child to feel suffocated and carrying a depressive pain for long time.
Moreover, a troublesome situation can further end up a child to stay away from his or her parents, siblings, and loved ones.
This makes it an utmost responsibility of parents to look after any change in the behaviour of their child, and to reach the root cause of the problem to balance out the early years of the young one.
Dr Shailesh Jha, Senior Psychiatrist of Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi, in a conversation with News 18 says, “we need to accept the fact that it’s not just one particular section of society which experiences troubled situations. Children from all sections can be prone to get affected by any difficult situation around them”.
“Parents and guardians need to accept with an open mind that bitter experiences are not only a fact but a reality that all children face at times. We need to create awareness and acceptance about the unpleasant social conditions that children encounter”, he suggests.
Talking about the actions that can be taken by the parents in this regard, Dr Jha explains, “It is important for parents and guardians to watch the changes of their children on a daily basis. This is because the harsh experiences that they will face in their life will clearly reflect in the behaviours of their children”.
“The early stages are very frightening for children. Many behavioural changes can be noticed in children such as their reactions can be very shocking, they may cry loudly, may not be able to sleep, start ignoring people they are close to etc”, he added.
“You need to focus on why your children are facing difficulties in everyday life, without pressurising them too much. You need to form a connection to be able to get all the reasons why your child may be troubled”.
“Even then if you are unable to understand your child and feel as if all your efforts are going to waste, contact a specialist such as a psychologist or a mental health specialist”, Dr Jha suggests parents.