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Originally Posted by asongrestored
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?
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On the one hand, it's obvious that you are a caring parent...I can't think of a more important role and if we had more like you, maybe we would be in a different world right now! And heading off problems when they are small is better than full blown problems down the road. On the other hand, knowing how many wacko therapists are out there, I wonder if they're better off with just YOU!
Is your primary care provider in regular doctor's office insightful enough to flag any problems that your kids might have/are having? Is there any way to do a check in without going the whole way into ..therapy?