Question- What is the contribution of family in the child's mental health ?

Answer-

The role of family in child's mental health - Every child is a member of his family and society from the very beginning. Initially the child comes under the influence of his parents, learns their habits and imitates them.

In a family where parents are educated, healthy, cultured and civilized, the children of those families also become educated, intelligent and civilized and their mental health becomes of excellent quality. Those parents who are not educated or stuck in mutual tension and violence, the mental health of the children of that family as not proper and developed and they become weak, submissive, shy and get a sense of inferiority. That is why the behaviour of parents has the greatest effect on children. Children who do not have parents or do not have one of them, this effects a lot a child's mental health. Most of such children do not have proper mental development.

When a child moves out of his family. Family had the greatest impact on him. After the parents, he gets acquainted with the family and his development is affected by the behaviour of the members of the family. The family in which educated members live there good habits will develop in the children and their mental health will also be good. Good habits will arise in children only when the habits of all the people of the house, conduct and behaviour are of the best class.

It is necessary for the people of family to have co-operation, love, dignity, courtesy and the atmosphere of the family should be healthy and peaceful. To do mental and physical development of children is a good quality and healthy thing. The problem of the child should be solved psychologically by the parents and other family members.

Knowing the interest of the child, it should try to develop it accordingly. Children should develop self-confidence, self reliance, so that the child can successfully face the problems that arise in his future life. This will also develop the mental health of the child. If the parents are patient, restrained, educated and co-operative, then the child is also endowed with these qualities.

The child has a strong ability to imitate anyone. The behaviour of the member of the family should be good and ideal infront of him. So that he can imitate their habits and adopt goods behaviour. Children shows also be encouraged to participate in social works so that self-confidence increases in the child. In this way the family affects the mental health of the child and a child learns many things from the family.

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