Princess Al -Bitar
In preoccupation with daily life, work pressure and home requirements, the mother may be busy with her child, without paying attention to the impact of this preoccupation in his small heart. Physical care alone is not enough, and does not sing food, clothes or games for a warm bosom, a caring word, and a sincere love.
The child does not realize the meaning of “preoccupation”, but he feels empty. He notes the absence of looks, waiting for a touch of a hand that reassures him, or a moment of listening to his innocent talk. And when the periods of emotional absence are prolonged, the child begins to build a wall of silence or negative behaviors, as an expression of a deficiency that does not know how to express words.
And the emotional mother’s neglect does not mean that she is a harsh mother, but rather is often unintended, stemming from the stress of life or from a wrong belief that providing material needs is sufficient. However, the child is a constant need for love, for real presence, for the common time, no matter how less. This does not require long hours, but rather sincere moments. Upon returning from work, reading a story before bed, a smile when preparing food, all this sings the child’s heart, and gives him the emotional safety in which he grows intact, reassuring.
Let’s realize that childhood passes quickly, but its effect lasts throughout the life; When we grow love every day, we harvest psychologically healthy children, and hearts that do not cry in silence.
