Parents have an impact on their children’s health, education, and life. But sometimes we don’t know what happens behind closed doors. Studies show that children who suffer from anxiety and learning deficiencies are a result of a violent home. Children are like sponges and they are very observant. With time their personalities mold into their parents’. Sometimes that is not always a good thing. Usually their school, mental/emotional health and of course their futures depend on their households.
As a matter of fact, it also has to do with location. The majority of troubled kids usually live around unsafe areas-where they have the highest crime rate and dropouts. Not only are kids influenced by their parents, but parents are influenced by their surroundings. It is true what they say “children learn from their parents.” At times there are parents who never went to school and they are unable to teach their child. But if they do, they often teach them the wrong way, leading their kid to fail dramatically in school and life.
Therefore, not only is their education in stake, but their mental health as well. A violent home can cause a child to develop anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Most children develop learning disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. Also because as a kid they have always wanted to achieve their parents’ expectation by doing the best they can, that it affected their mental health in the long run. However, back again to a violent home, when a child sees their parents arguing and fighting constantly. They also grow up to be very aggressive and introverted.
Lastly, did you know that we often retrace our parents’ footsteps? For instance, if your father has always been abusive, chances are you will grow into his habits and develop his traits. We carry something of our mother or father and take it with us to our futures. Sometimes they are not always good, but it is the bad ones we look out for. Children in fact learn from their parents. Whether they take their temper, traits or style. As children we see our parents as idols and inspirations for our older selves. That is why for this age is very crucial to make sure they are molded into bright and independent minds.
To sum up, we know that kids take a lot of examples from their surroundings, specifically from their parents. Their parents are the main ones they spend the most time with. My advice is to be very careful with what goes on around them, because it is not to be taken lightly. Their mental/emotional health and future depends on it. Keep a safe, loving and peaceful home for your child and watch them bloom into very intelligent individuals. Their only time for innocence is now, do not take that away from them. As parents they look up to you. Do not bring them down and do not make them relive your life. In order to redeem your life, you must give your children a better one. That makes a good parents and a healthy child.