Mental health can be defined as “our emotional, psychological, and social well-being”. Our mental health affects how we think, feel, and act as individuals. It helps us handle stress (or not handle stress),relate to others (have difficulty relating to others), and make choices on a day to day basis (What Is, 2016). There are many things that contribute and shape your mental health like your biology and brain chemistry, life experiences that can be either negative and traumatic or positive and comforting, and different aspects of day to day life that cause feelings like stress, sadness, excitement, fear, isolation, love, and other feelings that all humans experience. A persons mental health can be at a state of well being with stability and
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A child with good mental health and coping skills have the ability to live their life to the fullest potential, have positive life experiences, and chose what in life is best for them. A mentally unstable and un-heathy child often cannot do those things on their own and in their future. For a child to grow and develop properly, the need to be in an environment with love, compassion, trust, understanding, and stability(Children Mental Health, 2016). Growing up in a non-nurturing environment and not knowing how to properly express emotions can cause issues like acting out in school, not making friends, and poor academic performance (Children Mental Health, 2016). The effects of poor mental and emotional development can cause a low sense of self worth, extreme introversion and isolation, unhealthy lifestyle choices and future anxieties and depression (Research, 2016). Anxiety and Depression in children can often be genetic, but also very often stem from poor mental health shaping, an insecure environment and insecure relationships with the people taking care of them and around them. Different conditions like generalized anxiety, social phobias, mood swings, and depression cause children to act out their daily lives differently and often not differently in a good way(Research, 2016). All of these childhood developmental issues will have a very large impact …show more content…
Both predisposed and formed mental health disorders can be prevented, proactively worked with, and treated to make life more comfortable. While children are still young, there is a certain amount of control the adults in their life have over what kind of mental and emotional support the child is given. To promote emotionally healthy children, they must me emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence can be defined as” the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others.” (Emotional Intelligence, 2016) Emotionally Intelligent children and adults can feel some kind of emotion, recognize it, and cope with it. These skills are not something that a child is necessarily born with, but taught and supported by parents and the other people in there lives. The idea of emotionally coaching your children is a way of building that stable ground for mental health. Emotional coaching consists of 5 steps; 1. become aware of the child’s emotions, 2. recognize the emotions as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching, 3. listen empathetically and validate the child’s feelings, 4. help the child find words to label the emotions s/he is having, 5. set limits while exploring strategies to solve the problem at hand (Emotional Intelligence, 2016).
A child with good mental health and coping skills have the ability to live their life to the fullest potential, have positive life experiences, and chose what in life is best for them. A mentally unstable and un-heathy child often cannot do those things on their own and in their future. For a child to grow and develop properly, the need to be in an environment with love, compassion, trust, understanding, and stability(Children Mental Health, 2016). Growing up in a non-nurturing environment and not knowing how to properly express emotions can cause issues like acting out in school, not making friends, and poor academic performance (Children Mental Health, 2016). The effects of poor mental and emotional development can cause a low sense of self worth, extreme introversion and isolation, unhealthy lifestyle choices and future anxieties and depression (Research, 2016). Anxiety and Depression in children can often be genetic, but also very often stem from poor mental health shaping, an insecure environment and insecure relationships with the people taking care of them and around them. Different conditions like generalized anxiety, social phobias, mood swings, and depression cause children to act out their daily lives differently and often not differently in a good way(Research, 2016). All of these childhood developmental issues will have a very large impact …show more content…
Both predisposed and formed mental health disorders can be prevented, proactively worked with, and treated to make life more comfortable. While children are still young, there is a certain amount of control the adults in their life have over what kind of mental and emotional support the child is given. To promote emotionally healthy children, they must me emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence can be defined as” the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others.” (Emotional Intelligence, 2016) Emotionally Intelligent children and adults can feel some kind of emotion, recognize it, and cope with it. These skills are not something that a child is necessarily born with, but taught and supported by parents and the other people in there lives. The idea of emotionally coaching your children is a way of building that stable ground for mental health. Emotional coaching consists of 5 steps; 1. become aware of the child’s emotions, 2. recognize the emotions as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching, 3. listen empathetically and validate the child’s feelings, 4. help the child find words to label the emotions s/he is having, 5. set limits while exploring strategies to solve the problem at hand (Emotional Intelligence, 2016).