CHILDHOOD IS A BLISSFUL SERIES OF INNOCENCE AND INNOVATION !! OUR CHILDHOOD DECIDES WHO WE BECOME LATER IN LIFE KNOWINGLY & UNKNOWINGLY. IT IS A PERIOD OF OUR LIVES WHERE WE UNDERGO RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND HOLISTIC GROWTH .
THERE ARE SEVERAL PSYCHOLOGITS SUCH AS ( LAURA. E BERK, JEAN PIAGET , LEV VYGOTSKY,ALBERT BANDURA , SIGMUND FREUD, WILLIAM G.KORNENBERGER, ROBERT G.MEYER ERIK ERIKSON ,ARNOLD GESELL & URIE BRONFENBRENNER ) WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAYS A PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN SHAPING OUR SELF CONCEPT, PERSONALITY,EMOTIONS , BEHAVIOUR AND OUR OVER ALL MENTAL HEALTH & MORE SO THE IMPACT IT IMPRINTS UPON THE PSYCHE OF THE CHILD .
SIGMUND FREUD HAS POSTULATED THAT CHILDHOOD TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES WHEN LEFT UNRESOLVED & UNHEALED CAN HAVE A LONG LASTING CORROSIVE AND DAMAGING EFFECT ON OVERALL PERSONALITY , EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ,INTRA PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
HENCE CHILD IS UNABLE TO DEVELOP HEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS IN ADULTHOOD AND IS MANIFESTED IN DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR WHICH ARE MALADAPTIVE .
SO IT IS PIVOTAL TO UNDERSTAND AND NOTE THE KEY FACTORS THAT CAN CAUSE THE CHILD AT GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS .
FAMILY SYSTEMS , COMMUNICATION SYLES , PARENTING STYLES , ATTACHMENT STYLES , SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS POVERTY ,RURAL AREAS , LACK OF ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND FACILITIES & OR SCARCITY OF THE SAME , UNCOMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENTS ETC.
ANY FORM OF ABUSE AND VIOLENT EXPOSURE TO THE CHILD BE IT EMOTIONAL,VERBAL,SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL – IT LEADS TO TERRIFYING CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CHILD,ALSO THEY ARE AT MORE RISK OF DEVELOPING POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SPECIFICALLY IF THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT IS COLD,NEGLECTFUL ,BRUTAL , AUTHORITARION ETC.
NOT ONLY THIS BUT CHILDREN CAN ALSO DEVELOP EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IF THEY ARE OVERPAMPERED,OVERPROTECTED,OR FAULTY ATTACHMENT PATTERNS.
CHILDREN’S LIMITED PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO BEING MORE DEPENDENT ON OTHER PEOPLE THAN ADULTS LEAD THEM TO USE UNREALISTIC CONCEPTS TO EXPLAIN EVENTS ,SO A DEATH OF A LOVED ONE – WOULD BE SO OVERWHELMING FOR A CHILD IF NOT GIVEN ENOUGH SUPPORT THEY MAY TAKE YEARS ANS YEARS TO OVERCOME THAT LOSS ,THEY ARE ALSO MORE PRONE TO SYMBOLIC LOSS HENCEFORTH, THEY HAVE IMMENSE PROBLEMS SUCH AS SEPARATION ANXIETY , EXTREME DISSAPOINTMENT , CRYING SPELLS , EXPERIENCES OF REJECTION , PERSISTENT AND INTENSE FEARS SO ON AND SO FORTH .
YOUNG CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS .THEY DO NOT HAVE AS COMPLEX AND REALISTIC VIEW OF THEM SELVES AND THEIR WORLD AS THEY WILL HAVE LATER , THEY STILL HAVEN’T DEVLELOPED A STABLE SENSE OF SELF IDENTITY AND A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM .
AS A RESULT CHILDREN OFTEN HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY THAN ADULTS IN COPING WITH STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. THEIR LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH ADVERSITY CAN MAKE MANAGEABLE PROBLEMS SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE.
SO IF CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED WITH CERTAIN PROTECTIVE FACTORS I.E TRYING TO INCREASE THEIR RESILIENCE AND RESOLVING THEIR INNER PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFLICTS, UNHEALED ISSUES CHANCES ARE THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE LATER .
PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH A VERY SOLID SUPPORT SYSTEM IS THE KEY FACTOR OF HEALING JOURNEY .
- GIVING THEM A CONDUSIVE ENVIRONMENT ,A SAFE COMFORTABLE SPACE AND A DESIRABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR GROWTH .
- FAMILY INTERVENTIONS ARE MOST IMPORTANT SUCH AS RESOLUTION OF PATHOGENIC FAMILY INTERACTIONS , INTER PARENTAL COMFLICTS ,DIVORCE OR SEPARATION ISSUES , PARENTAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE , IMPROVING COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS.
- PROVIDING SOCIAL SKILLS, ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING & RELAXATION EXERCISES TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND CONFIDENCE.
- PROVIDING EMPATHETIC & UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD THERE BY GIVING WARM AND WELCOMING SPACE TO A CHILD .
- PSYCHO EDUCATING FAMILY AND CHILD IN THE SENSE MAKING THEM AWARE WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH .
- PROVIDING DESIRABLE AND FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS INCLUDING A PLAYFUL AND EXPERIENTIAL CREATIVE ART BASED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR GROWTH.
THESE ARE FEW KEY PROTECTIVE FACTORS WHICH ARE FOUND TO BE REMARKABLY EFFECTIVE FOR RESOLVING UNHEALED CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES HENCEFORTH LEADING TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE LATER .
Regards@paridhi Talwar
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