How to Protect the Psychological Health of IVF Children
IVF refers to a baby who successfully conceives and gives birth by culturing a fertilized egg into an embryo in the laboratory through assisted reproductive technology, and then implanting the embryo into the mother. The arrival of IVF has brought good news to couples who cannot conceive. However, IVF may face some challenges in terms of mental health. This article will discuss how to protect the mental health of IVF children from four aspects: parent-child relationship, social ability, psychological support and media education.
1. Establish good parent-child relationship
The parents of IVF often spend a lot of time and energy to realize their dreams, but their children's input may attract their children's attention and cause insecurity. Therefore, establishing a good parent-child relationship is an important factor to protect the mental health of IVF infants.
First, parents should pay attention to their children's emotional needs and provide full love and companionship. They can start with close interaction with children, such as talking and laughing, playing games, etc., to enhance feelings and build a stable attachment relationship. In addition, parents should regularly create a secure environment for their children, such as setting rules and boundaries, and implementing positive affirmation and incentive measures.
Finally, parents should open dialogue channels and educate their children about effective communication methods. Through positive dialogue with children, parents can not only understand their children's inner world, but also give better emotional support and advice, thus relieving their children's psychological pressure.
2. Develop sound social skills
Test tube babies may lack some social skills because they have less contact with the social environment during pregnancy. Therefore, in order to promote the development of IVF's social ability, parents need to take some measures.
First, parents can take their children to public places, such as parks and libraries, to encourage them to interact with other children. Such activities can help IVF cultivate the ability of friendship and cooperation, and learn the skills of identifying emotions, expressing themselves and coping with conflicts.
In addition, parents can also enroll in some interest classes or team activities so that children can participate with their peers, and encourage them to join social groups to develop cooperation and leadership. These activities will help IVF infants adapt to social environment as soon as possible, and improve their confidence and ability to communicate with others.
Finally, the social atmosphere of the family also plays an important role in the development of IVF's social ability. Parents can let their children experience the interaction and enthusiasm between families and provide a friendly and supportive environment by carrying out family activities and inviting friends to visit their homes.
3. Provide psychological support
IVF babies may face challenge and discrimination from outside during their growth, which will threaten their mental health. Therefore, it is essential to provide psychological support.
Parents can first share the story of IVF with their children, so that their children can understand their special growth path and actively guide them. In addition, parents can also encourage their children to establish contact with IVF families with the same experience and share their experience and emotional support.
At the same time, parents should also promote the values of respect for diversity and inclusiveness. They can convey these ideas to children, help them build self-confidence and self-esteem, face external doubts and discrimination, and also be more tolerant of people with different backgrounds and experiences.
Finally, parents should provide professional psychological counseling and support as much as possible. They can seek the help of psychologists or psychological consultants, provide professional advice and guidance, and create a good psychological growth environment for IVF.
4. Reasonable use of media education
Media education plays an important role in today's childhood education, but excessive use of media may have a negative impact on the mental health of IVF. Therefore, parents need to use media education reasonably to protect children's mental health to the maximum extent.
First, parents should choose media content suitable for their children's age and development level. They should regularly review and screen TV programs, mobile phone applications and games that children are exposed to to ensure that their content is positive and beneficial to children's intellectual and emotional development.
Secondly, parents should limit the use of media. Too much media exposure will not only affect children's sleep and health, but also may lead to children's lack of interest in real life and affect their interaction with others. Therefore, parents need to establish reasonable media use norms and ensure that children have enough outdoor and social time.
Finally, parents should watch and discuss media content with their children. Through interaction and discussion with children, parents can help them understand the authenticity and values of media information and guide them to establish correct media literacy.
To sum up, to protect the mental health of IVF children, we need to start from four aspects: establishing good parent-child relationship, cultivating sound social skills, providing psychological support and rational use of media education. Through the care and guidance of parents, IVF will be able to achieve good psychological development and gradually grow into a confident, independent and healthy individual.
