YOUR BABY
L ife is tough. We parents know it. But often, this fact is most worrying when gazing at your beautiful newborn because one day you won’t be there to kiss it better. How will your baby cope when they eventually fail a test, lose a job, break up with their partner, or one of the myriad other adult reasons for feeling down? Will they sink or swim?
While we can’t always shield our children from bad times - or even mental illness, which is often a matter of genetics - we can lay solid foundations for good mental health. This could help your child cope better with life’s challenges, by giving them a safe base from which to explore the world, and helping them to balance emotions, boost selfesteem, develop positive relationships and build resilience to stress.
The first step is to bondterms, form a “secure attachment” - with your baby.
