Many people think money is the driving force to success and it is important to remind ourselves that it is not. Recent research has concluded that a child’s emotional health is what determines their satisfaction levels as an adult and not wealth due to academic success as a child.
Professor Richard Layard and his colleagues at the Wellbeing research programme at the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance state that a child’s emotional health is based on a range of internal factors, which are endured early in life, such as, unhappiness, sleeplessness, eating disorders, bedwetting, fearfulness or tiredness.
So, the next question is how do we know as parents, we are providing the right balance? Well, we don’t always know, but the important fact is that we are constantly researching what we are doing and making changes where needed. The tricky part is all kids are so different and what is emotionally healthy for one child is different to another.
Bedwetting is listed as a factor which effects a child’s emotional health, however, if your research indicates it is more of a strengthening issue, for example, then emotionally your child is fine even though they may wet the bed into their tweens (aged 10-12).
It is vital to ensure a child’ s emotional well-being is improved in a positive way. Research can take time and it is important to find out as much information as you can to help your child. However, during the research stage try and remain as positive as possible and do not let the issue define the child. The child is not a bed-wetter the child wets the bed – there is a big difference to a child’s ears and these two ways will effect the emotional well-being of the child differently.
Often children who struggle with life, do so because their parents or carers influence the child in a negative way. Nevertheless, more times than not parents have no idea they are being unhelpful and this realisation is what is needed. One way of realising our ways and being more positive is about understanding, appreciating and taking the time to get to know our children.
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