Dubai is such a work and results driven society. Play and relationship building for children can often take a back seat. So what’s the importance of childhood friendships to you anyway? Ramadan and the summer months are upon us, which means everyone retreats indoors. This lack of play and relationship building affects your child’s emotional development.
Anxiety is intense feelings of being afraid, nervous, tense or worried. It’s a feeling that is too strong for the situation, goes on too long and gets in the way of your child’s normal life. And of course, it gets in the way of your day to day living too. Being afraid is normal for survival in situations of real danger. Sometimes the feelings transfer to situations that are not actually dangerous. It’s adaptive or helpful if you step into a busy road and there is a car coming right for you. Your body signals you to GET OUT OF THE ROAD! That same “get out of danger” feeling can also happen when you’re not in real danger; you just think you are.
While I am not a psychiatrist, and I cannot prescribe medication as a mental health therapist. I can bring light to what other families say was the last straw for them to choose medication for their child. I hope this gives you a clear picture of what other families just like you go through.
How can we encourage and grow highly empathetic children in today’s not-so-empathetic world? Knowing how to teach empathy to your child is clear. Here are 4 simple ways, proven by science to encourage strong empathetic connections in your child’s life today:
How can it be that the words teachers and anxious can appear in the same sentence? What is teacher anxiety anyway? After-all, aren’t teachers supposed to be the epitome of cool, calm and collected?
Your child easily gets overwhelmed. He climbs further into his lonely black hole of overwhelmedness. And he just sits there, alone and frustrated. You often think to yourself, “how do I know when to push more or step back?” You are trying hard not to enable your child but you just want him to be happy. It is a day to day battle to make it through the day without mass destruction or total mental breakdowns. I hear you mama!
