Helping children overcome emotional problems, the christian way.!
Unconditional love and quality time from parents:
Every child goes through , some kind of emotional
disturbances, as they go through the hazzles of life before reaching adulthood.
Emotional problems in children when dealt at a right age, can bring lasting
effects ,making them healthy adults of
future. Emotions such as joy , fear and anger and secondary emotions such as
embarrassment, shame , guilt play a critical role in organizing the child`s
behavior throughout their lives.
When a child is emotionally stressed, the common expression
is uncontrolled anger and an aggressive behavior. Some children withdraw
themselves from their surrounding, ending themselves in depression. Some
children presents themselves ,with a loss of confidence and reduced self
esteem. Whatever be it, emotions, when they cannot be controlled by the child
becomes emotional problems , that can seriously affect the child`s development
in various areas of life. Here are below, 7 tips to help children, cope with
behavioural problems.
1.
Unconditional love and quality time from
parents.
2.
Helping children to vent out , what they feel.
3.
Encouraging healthy habits
4.
Reducing stress at home.
5.
Helping children to improve coping and problem
solving skills.
6.
Prayer and meditation
7.
Creating a safety plan in case of highly
susceptible kids.
Unconditional love and quality time from parents:
The root of most of the emotional problems in childhood, is
either love deprivation or conditional love. Hence parents and caretakers of
children with emotional problem ,should provide them with unconditional love
and spend quality time of interaction with them.
Helping children to vent out:
Listening to children empathically , and encouraging them to
vent out their feelings, can keep children from building up pressure . Correct
ways to diffuse anger, like time outs and distractions can also be taught to
children, according to their age.
Encouraging healthy habits:
Encouraging the child to have healthy habits such as,
outdoor play,exercise,healthy diet, good sleep and less screen time ,all of
them play a vital role in helping child to cope with their emotions.
Reducing stress at home:
Grief and loss in any family can have a big impact on the
emotional wellbeing of the children. Hence it is the responsibility of the
parents, to provide a secure and stress free environment to the children , at
home. If the parents themselves are going through emotional stresses, and are
unable to deal it themselves, then it is better that they meet a counselor and
get them resolved.
Helping children to improve coping and problem solving
skills:
Negative thoughts in
children, can be removed by encouraging child to approach a problem in a
different prospective. Encouragement, praise and placing achievable targets can
enhance a child`s problem solving ability.
Prayer and meditation:
Prayer and meditation of the word of God, can help children to trust in God, for
problems that they cannot solve. Prayer , can also relax a
child`s mind, making it peaceful and tranquile. Helping children understand the love of God and teaching them to forgive , can heal really sick hearts.helping children to meditate on the love of christ, from the word of God can lay in them a strong and healthy foundation.
Creting safety plan for highly susceptible kids:
Children who have no control over their emotions , and have
expressed their wish to die,should be dealt very carefully, by creating a
safety plan at home, with a good list of phone numbers , to call up when they
cannot control their emotions.children taking antidepressants should be treated
cautiously. Parents should be prepared for any emergency ,handling highly
susceptible children.
There is nothing in the world, that prayer cannot change. Parents dedicated to help out their kids in their problems,can always run to the throne of grace for their children.
Dealing emotional stresses at a very early age , is the
dynamic approach for treating emotional
problems ,than treating it as a full-fledged disorder.hence , healthy parenting
is mandatory for the emotional well-being of children.
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