CHILD DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES A LOT
A Child Psychologist and a life Coach on bereavement, Mental health and Negative Emotions, Mrs Uzoamaka Nwachukwu has stated that Child Development is never an easy task and it places a huge responsibility on parents, teachers and guardians who are the gatekeepers. She made this known on 27/8/2024 during a virtual seminar on mental health and negative emotions organised by Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation Resource Centre Enugu to deepen the education and awareness responsibilities of the foundation on mental health and negative emotions. According to Mrs Uzoamaka Nwachukwu, ‘’we need to pay adequate attention to child development both at schools and at home’’. We need to constantly observe the emotions of these children with a view to finding out what they are facing or passing through daily, with a view to providing relevant assistance to save them from navigating into negative pathways. She continued, “Their feelings and emotions matter hence the need for the establishment of counselling units in all schools to be manned by certified mental health experts/counsellors who will professionally identify the various feelings of any school child and provide the necessary assistance which will aid in child development”. She lamented the prevailing environment whereby adequate attention is not being paid to children’s emotions such as when they feel sleepy, angry, bored, furious, happy, sad, angry and so on. She also advocated for constant engagement with teachers and parents on mental health, negative emotions and management.
Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation is a global foundation on Mental Health Awareness and Education, Women's Health and Hygiene advocacy, Multi-Sports activities and Counselling all for a greater society.
#treasureyourmentalhealth
- Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation Editorial Team