Worry, this word is more dangerous than it is small. Many times people also lose their lives due to anxiety. Parents, husband and wife, old people, these people are worried, but have you heard the children worrying?
Many times children also tell you that I was thinking about something, I am sad about such a thing or I am worried about any of my friends. Hearing all this, you laugh and ignore it.
As a parent, you need to take this matter seriously, because the anxiety in the elderly is now visible in the children too. For the first time, a task force of American experts has put forward the matter of examining the condition of 8-18 year old children in view of their deteriorating mental health. So that children behave like their age and their childhood does not end.
Childhood is passing in worry
According to Stephen P.H. Whiteside, a child psychologist and director of the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the Mayo Clinic, anxiety in children has emerged as the most common childhood mental disorder. For this we need to investigate as soon as possible. Most children need mental health care, which they are not getting at the moment. Corona has increased this problem.
Children will be tested even if they do not have symptoms
Yes, the US Test Force has recommended that whether children show symptoms or not, every child's mental health should be checked. According to task force member Martha Kubik, we as parents have to intervene before children's lives can be disturbed.
Anxiety can cause children to become addicted
According to a report by the Child Mind Institute, if children start worrying from childhood, then they can go into depression later. Not only this, it can also make him addicted to drugs.
Now let's talk about Indian children-
According to the State of the World Children 2021 report, one out of every 7 children in India is a victim of depression. At the same time, according to the 2019 report of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, even before the corona epidemic in the country, about 5 crore children had some mental illness. About 90% of these children or their parents did not even think of treatment.
What should a parent do if the child is worrying?
Dr. Sameer Parikh, Director of Mental Health and Behavioral Science, Fortis Hospital says – If children are showing signs of anxiety, then it has to be stopped taking it lightly. Parents have to listen seriously to the children. If the child has something to say, do not ignore it.
Similarly, if there is any change in the behavior of the child, then take it seriously, talk to him. Parents should talk to a pediatrician or another primary care doctor if the child is of greater concern. Because constantly worrying can make the child a victim of some disorder.
What is the cause of concern in children?
According to Dr. Pritesh Gautam, there are many such things, which seem small to you, but leave a deep impact in the soft mind of children. Some of these things are also-
parent's inability to give time to children
Fear of getting less marks in class
Parents' quarrel and fear of separation
negative home environment
repeatedly scolding or hitting children
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