Psychological Counseling for Single Parent Families

Parents' divorce is a traumatic event for children. If it is not handled properly, its impact will continue to occur and be superimposed on various adverse effects in the future. The key is to find out the psychological problems of children from single-parent families and take timely and correct counseling methods.

Parents' divorce is a traumatic event for children. If it is not handled properly, its impact will continue to occur and be superimposed on various adverse effects in the future. Generally speaking, babies can really feel the family atmosphere from the age of 2.

Different home atmospheres will cause babies to react differently in thoughts, attitudes, and general behavior. If the baby feels happy and safe at home, the mind and character can be well developed.

Therefore, it is very important for both parents in single-parent families to adjust their mentality after divorce, have a positive understanding of life attitudes, and guide the baby's psychology correctly and in a timely manner.

What are the common psychological problems of babies in single-parent families?

1. Overly sensitive

Baby is ignorant of the world and doesn't know why the changes in the family happened, but he will become sensitive because of it. His family's attitude is slightly wrong, and his reaction will be more abrupt than before. An insignificant thing or a careless word in the eyes of others may hurt them and lead to the collapse of their psychological defenses.

2. Lack of confidence, vulnerability

Single-parent babies often have an inferiority complex due to their unsound families, and their enthusiasm and initiative to participate in various activities is low. At the same time, due to family accidents, they may appear strong on the surface, but most of them are fragile on the inside. They often feel that they are different from other children and seem to be inferior to others in everything. They are more likely to develop inferiority complex when they are treated poorly or are ridiculed or ridiculed by others. Gradually, the baby will be unsociable, timid, melancholy and indifferent due to low self-esteem, and some will transform the low self-esteem into aggressive behavior, hoping to regain self-confidence, find a sense of superiority, and seek a psychological on the balance.

3. Apathetic and withdrawn personality

Some babies from single-parent families give the impression that they are introverted, reticent, lack enthusiasm for getting along with others, and are indifferent to many things. Others are closed-minded and lack social skills. Affected by the difficulties and pressures faced by family changes, the baby's psychology is easily unbalanced, and he will appear more melancholy than the baby of the same age.

4. Easily jealous of others

Jealousy is an extremely complex and unhealthy state of mind, accompanied by a series of unpleasant emotions such as hostility, suspicion, anxiety, and depression. Some babies not only cannot see their own advantages, but also cannot face up to and accept the advantages of others. It seems that he is full of resentment towards everyone, and it seems that all his current "dissatisfaction" is caused by the superiority of other children.

5. timid

The psychological barriers shown by the babies of divorced families are of many types and changes. Among them, boys mainly suffer from behavioral disorders, such as frequent fights; girls mainly suffer from emotional disorders, such as being timid, crying, and unwilling to talk about their families with anyone. Always stay away, and always show resistance when seeing strangers because of timidity.

Counseling countermeasures for psychological problems of children in single-parent families

1. Parents should adjust their emotions first, and try to bring as little negative impact on the baby as possible.

Parents should first adjust their mental state, and don't affect or impose their bad mood due to family changes on the baby. Telling the baby the truth openly and honestly may be more beneficial to the baby's growth. In particular, you should not instill your own prejudices against marriage and the opposite sex into your baby, so that your baby will have a sense of hostility and distrust towards others, as well as a sense of insecurity and abandonment, which will leave a heavy burden on future life. shadows.

2. Pay more attention to the baby's psychological feelings, pay attention to observe the baby's words and deeds, and untie the baby's thoughts in time.

Parents should pay more attention to the baby than usual, and strengthen the communication and communication between parents and children. Dare to face up to it, and face it step by step, help the baby deal with the intricate emotions in his heart, pay attention to observe the baby's words and deeds, untie the baby's thoughts in time, try to reduce the psychological pressure, help the baby face the reality, listen to his psychological feelings, let He poured out and helped him transfer his bad emotions.

3. Help the baby to make more friends, and guide the baby to deal with the companion relationship.

Encourage your baby to find friends in the kindergarten or community, so that they often study and play together. If the baby can weaken the influence of family accidents in the interaction with children, many problems will be easily solved.

4. Let the baby have more contact with the other party, and let the baby enjoy the warmth of the family more.

In a single-parent family, no matter which parent takes care of the baby, it is necessary for the baby to have time to contact and communicate with the other side to feel the love of the parents. Both parties must be rational and not "compete for favor" in front of the baby. Even if there is no relationship between husband and wife, they can still be friends.

5. Actively provide opportunities for babies to enjoy the joy of success and have more sense of accomplishment.

Assign the baby some small tasks within his ability. When the baby completes the "special homework" easily and happily, give the baby encouragement to enhance his sense of accomplishment and responsibility. Moreover, it is necessary to create more opportunities to cultivate a sense of accomplishment for the baby, and not lose the opportunity to guide them, respect the baby, and gradually enhance his self-confidence.