How do help young children coup with a mentily ill parent?!
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The easiest way is to get them in therapy. Children need to understand that what is wrong with their parents is not their fault and they are not responsible for their parents. The parent is the adult, not the child and sometimes the children of mentally ill parents have problems making that distinction. The trick is to put them in a group situation with other children going through the same thing that they are. The priority though is to always be honest with the child. Children can handle the truth. More often then not, when a child is lied to, they grow up to resent the lies and resent the parents or adults that lied to them.
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split their dose of haldol with the kid.
by lettong them know that love has no face,color,specifics,and that they were placed wit those parents for a reason only time could tell so dint give up hope.
I would say that you tell the children it is a illness like any other. Also I think that in this situation you should give the kids 100% support so they dont feel they have to handle the illness alone. Regards Mick
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