Parents' Common Sense Protects Children

Should your young child be medically diagnosed as suffering from bipolar disease, what would be your reaction?

The first thought, other than that your child may have a complaint that is becoming more numerous in our society, is that an infant who has not yet reached full development or even puberty, cannot surely be considered to be suffering a personality disorder appropriate for adults. Their personality has not yet had the chance to reach maturity. So why are psychiatrists diagnosing many infants to have a mental disease that requires drug medication?

There is controversy amongst those in the profession who believe that this practice is actually malpractice. Those with higher standards are working to uphold ethical values.

If common sense is applied in seeking the reasons why a child may seem hyperactive or restless there are many to consider. Most of them are part of modern family life and the unsatisfactory materialistic pressures that we allow to cause us psychic stress.

We all know that peaceful home life is conducive to a peaceful, well behaved response in our children. We know that discipline is our responsibility to enforce in order to train our children. Somehow we seem to more easily acknowledge this with animals. We have lost our role and feel uneasy and possibly a little timid about enforcing discipline where our children are concerned. Perhaps we fear we will lose their affection. But we certainly lose any regard they could have for us if we don't assert ourselves as leaders.

Young people are beginning to alter the social order to dictate to their elders - to tell us what to do - and they can bully us mercilessly unless we are firm. It is being firm that eliminates the frustration and indecision that most parents feel at difficult times.

So why should our children be diagnosed as having bipolar when they are healthy and full of energy?

Perhaps they have no specific constructive areas to apply their time and efforts beyond their schoolwork. We have to take time to find out what interests them as a hobby, otherwise they sit down, stop doing any chores, use finger control only with their electronic toys, become more and more lazy and put on weight. Their inner boredom is expressed in restless behaviour and in habits that destroy rather than cultivate the qualities they will need to cope with life in a way that will guarantee positive outcomes in health, happiness and admirable character.

If your child does happen to be diagnosed with bipolar or any other mental disturbance or disease, first discuss between yourselves the best idea to remedy any problem at home or at the school. See if you can improve the situation. No doubt there will be reasons why any dissatisfaction or frustration is passed on from the child into home life. But if together you cannot work out causes, get a second opinion.

Remember, old fashioned tonics for this problem still hold.

Take a short time regularly with each child, one to one, to hear from them and also to tell them thoughts that reinforce their confidence and their feeling of total security - reading a 'good' story (without horror or violence), help them breathe evenly and rhythmically and focus their minds positively through a simple prayer before sleep. Simple things can work wonders. But no drugs!

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