Parents: Look out for your kids

Parents: Your kids aren’t always as happy as they seem Ella Meert

Heartbreak, pain, the stress we’ve all been there and experienced this. Very often, adults experience this due to lack of sleep, loss of someone or simply their job. As a child I understand, I have parents and I can tell when days are easy and fun and the days when it isn’t.

9.4% of children aged 2-17 years (approximately 6.1 million) have received an ADHD diagnosis. 7.4% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.5 million) have a diagnosed behaviour problem. 7.1% of children aged 317 years (approximately 4.4 million) have been diagnosed with anxiety. 3.2% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 1.9 million) have been diagnosed with depression.

According to these statistics many teens and kids are suffering, but there are more children out in the world suffering from such issues on their own without any therapist, many children deal with this themselves and their parents have no idea about this issue.

Enough children suffer every day, but multiple with added stress and pressure from school or from at home, parents often don’t realise that one simple comment about their body and actions stick with them, they think about the words being said and worry themselves, many start to overthink and unfortunately, some cannot take this and end their own life. It is hard for parents to understand what goes through their child’s head, which is understandable but I think the point that I want to come across is that not every child seems as happy as you want them to be, telling them off and yelling at them forcing them to do things, it hurts, it sticks with them and it burns. Whatever you do, don’t add additional pressure and be understanding. Tell them that you are proud of them and that they are worth it, things like this will stick with them for life. It is important to be there for your child too, they need a role model, someone to look up to.

Things like this can change a child’s perspective, it is

important to keep their mental health in mind for whatever you say to them.