What's the difference between mental health leave and general sick leave?
When children usually take sick leave, most of them are required to study at home, do problems, take exams and hand in their homework the next day, but these things make anxious children unable to rest at all and only feel more stressed.
Not afraid of being abused? Derek Evans, who is going to college, was involved in promoting legislation when he was in Sandy High School. He said that some people may abuse it, but it will have a positive impact on more people. In particular, he found that many students simply played truant because of this, and the result was even worse.
Indeed, children, especially teenagers, are more and more anxious and even depressed, and even commit suicide.
In Oregon, suicide is the second leading cause of death for people aged 65,438+05-24, and the third leading cause of death for children aged 5-65,438+04.
Early detection of children's anxiety index
"Mental health leave" gives people a chance to see their children's distress signals. Otherwise, when a child suffers from headache and diarrhea due to psychological discomfort, or pretends to be ill to find an excuse not to go to school, adults simply don't know that the child's psychological condition needs help, and ignore this problem.
Cheri Helt, a member of parliament who pushed the bill, believes that "mental health leave" is expected to bring a new culture. People can accept that some people say "I am struggling, I feel terrible", and lend a helping hand to these people in need and care for them.
The reasons put forward by the students also include that people have a cold and are uncomfortable. They don't have to endure the pain to go to school, but they can take time off to rest and recover as soon as possible. When you are sick, you need to rest, of course, instead of holding on, pretending as if nothing has happened and suppressing your emotions.
In addition to these psychological factors, children's psychological anxiety will have a more serious substantive impact.
Nina Kaiser, a child psychologist in San Francisco, pointed out that under normal circumstances, the human brain always perceives changes in the environment and recognizes dangers. But when you are anxious, your brain will lose the sensitivity to detect environmental changes and make decisions, just like the smoke detector and burglar alarm at home are broken, which will bring greater and more comprehensive risks to children.
Always pay attention to the signs of stress in children.
Regardless of whether there is actually a "mental health leave", experts remind parents to pay attention to the signs that their children may encounter stress:
● Life: Changes in routine and habits, such as insomnia, aggravation of bed rest in the morning, dislike of going out and sports, being locked in the room as soon as I get home, dislike of interacting with others, and lack of appetite.
● Physiology: sudden increase or decrease in weight, frequent abnormal phenomena such as headache, stomachache, loose bowels and abnormal fatigue.
● Emotion: Become more self-centered, think that others are targeting him, hate him and criticize him. The emotional reaction fluctuates greatly, which makes him irritable and sentimental.
● Learning: I am not interested in my favorite subjects, homework and activities, or my grades have dropped significantly.
If children have these conditions, in addition to meeting children and consulting teachers or psychologists, they should also be encouraged to go out to participate in different activities, meet different people and transfer their emotions.