26/11/2021
These are such important messages that need to get out there.
Everywhere.
Infant mental health (how an infant feels about themselves, others and the world) is a thing. The foundations for mental health and wellbeing are laid in the early years.
Infant mental health becomes toddler mental health.
Toddler mental health becomes the child's mental health.
The child's mental health becomes the teenager's mental health.
The teen's mental health becomes the adult's mental health.
And the foundations are laid in infancy.
Mental health is a thing for adults, and it begins in infancy. Nurturing, responsive, tuned in caregiving that understands the necessity of adult help due to the immature, underdeveloped thinking part of the young brain is vital to providing the kind of caregiving that little ones need to thrive.
đź”´ Perfect parenting doesn't exist. No one does this well every time. But the understanding of it can still be there.
We need to spread the word. 📢