<img alt="Keep it playful: Research shows that playful teasing between parents and their children can be a way to strengthen relationships, bring up difficult topics, and just have fun—but parents need to recognize when teasing crosses the line and becomes hurtful. ‘Teasing done well should be enjoyed by both sides, it should be playful,’ says Carol Bishop Mills, PhD, graduate coordinator and associate professor at the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. ‘But you need to pay attention to your child, if he looks away, tears up, does not engage in banter, you have to recognize that they are not enjoying it.’ There are also rules about what is okay and not okay to tease your child about. Appearance and weight are both taboo, but teasing kids about safe topics, like a like a messy room, or things that can be easily changed, provide teachable moments, says Bishop Mills. Teasing should also be a two-way street. ‘You have to be willing to let your child tease you about things.’ If they go too far, you have to make sure not to snap at them, and instead make it a teachable moment, she explains. ‘Tell them that you know you were meant to tease, but you hurt my feelings—this helps kids learn boundaries.'” height=”200″ src=”http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBED3Y2.img?h=200&w=300&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f” width=”300″/>10 Things You Should Never, Ever Tease Your Kids About
She spent over 13 hours, spread over two days, fixing the girl’s hair to get her ready for picture day. The girl’s depression was so all-encompassing that she couldn’t even brush her hair, and was too embarrassed to try to fix it. Thankfully, Kayley got to work, and the results are striking.
The lesson is that mental health is real, and that it’s important for parents to recognize if their kids are struggling. It’s even more important that they do something about it.
“At the end of the day I want this to be a lesson to people,” Kayley wrote. “MENTAL HEALTH is a thing, it affects people all around the world and of all ages! PARENTS take it serious don’t just push your kids off and tell them to get over something they legitimately can’t. A CHILD should NEVER feel so worthless to not even want to brush their hair.After being here 8 hours yesterday and 5 hours today we finally made this beautiful girl smile and feel like she IS worth something! Her last words to me was “I will actually smile for my schools pictures today, you made me feel like me again.”
This is the kind of viral post we love seeing. With over 138,000 likes and 60,000 shares, this post serves as a reminder of the importance of mental health. The best part is that we know this girl is leaving with a smile on herself, and finally feeling more like herself again.
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