What role do parents and family play in children's mental health?

Parents and families can play an important role in children's mental health.

Because parents' behavior is easy to be imitated by children, mental state and moral quality are also directly related to children's mental health. In the process of children's growth and development, parents often quarrel, or often fight, which will bring psychological shadows and mental diseases, such as depression and anxiety, and even ADHD.

Parental rearing patterns and attitudes are closely related to the intimacy of babies, and the intimacy of babies is closely related to the formation of children's personality and the development of social adaptability. For those children who have established dependent feelings with their parents since childhood, they will have good social skills and interpersonal relationships in the future. Parents' timely response to babbling can promote the development of children's language and social response ability.

For children who have close contact with their mothers in infancy, their language and intelligence develop well. Children educated by their parents in a democratic way are sociable, smart, bold and have the ability to analyze and think. On the contrary, if parents often beat and scold their children, they lack self-confidence and self-esteem. Their vigilance often leads them to misunderstand the actions and intentions of others.

Zongzi, parents are children's first teachers. They should improve their own quality, match their words with their deeds, and educate their children by example.

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Methods of psychological education for children by parents and families;

1, game guidance, improve thinking ability.

Love to play is a child's nature, and the child's game process is also a learning process. Learning in games can help children gain more knowledge, learn to think while playing, and improve their analytical and innovative abilities. Simply letting children learn simple written knowledge through books usually has a low learning effect.

2, imperceptibly, develop good habits.

Almost all human behavior consciousness comes from deep-rooted habits, and many habits are formed in childhood. Therefore, it is of great benefit to help children develop good life and study habits in early childhood. Simply put, some good behavior habits will benefit people for life, and some bad habits will make people suffer for life.