Hi. I was curious about getting my kids a therapist just to kinda keep tabs on their mental health while they’re growing up. Depression and anxiety runs in my family and I wonder if I’d have done better if I’d seen a therapist before my 30’s. Like what kind of decisions would I have made or not made had I recognized a defect in my thought process.
To be clear, my kids are not in any kind of crisis. They’re pretty normal. My oldest (9) is a little too whiney for his age, and my middle kid (7) is the boy with the bad temper, and my youngest (3) is a sassy girl who wants her way all the time. You know, they’re fine.
So would a mental health professional be a good idea for heading off an illness early? Or should I just wait and see?