Parent-child relationship: why it is important

I have always been passionate about the holistic lifestyle, and have many qualifications on holistic therapies, which I have always loved and currently use in my healing practices.

However, my love for this fascinating thing called ‘the mind’ brought me a few years ago to further my skill set and start a degree in Psychology.

Therefore in this article, I am going to talk about the importance of the parent-child relationship and why it’s crucial for the healthy development of children, from a psychological perspective rather than a holistic one.

As social beings, building and maintaining relationships is a fundamental component to being mentally and emotionally healthy.

The first few years of a life of a baby, are key to their behaviour, their social development and their mental wellbeing.

When it comes to the relationship between an infant and their primary caregivers, their interaction is critical as it sets up an expectation about how children will see themselves and how to develop their relationships with others later in life.

The primary caregiver, normally the mother (not excluding the role of the father as a secondary caregiver), has the important role of understanding how their behaviour and mood has an impact on the emotional…