Timely intervention and prevention by parents
can preserve the mental health of their children
Dr Zirak Marker
This extract from Conversations That Matter by Dr Zirak Marker has been reprinted with permission from the author and publisher, notionpress.com.
Imagine your child returning home from school and sobbing uncontrollably because the kids in their class have repeatedly called them fat, ugly or weird. Imagine feeling gutted and confused from within when you have to sit and explain to a child why they lost a parent to cancer. Imagine the apprehension and anxiety that grips us as parents when we need to break the news to a child that he/she has been adopted. Imagine feeling lost for words when we......