I agree with ChickenNoodleSoup. I am all for prevention but I would approach it differently and would not send kids who don't have any symptoms and difficulties to a therapist, especially not regularly. I would rather make sure that they have a supportive environment at home and that they can talk to you (parents) about anything and at anytime. I think that is much more likely to make a difference in how emotionally healthy they grow up to be. I also feel that forcing them to go to therapy regularly and talk about their personal things can appear intrusive. I think kids that age are not self-aware enough yet to really understand the concept of professional prevention and it might actually make them more anxious as they would be anticipating that bad things might happen. Maybe during a conversation I would explain that there is such as thing as therapy available and that they could go if they feel a need to talk to someone.
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