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Dr. Willough Jenkins
Приєднався 2 жов 2011
Board Certified Psychiatrist in Canada and USA specializing in child psychiatry and consultation liaison psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Pharmacist
Parent
Here to help combat mental stigma and provide education
Not providing medical advice and all views are my own and do not represent my employers, their associates or subsidiaries
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Pharmacist
Parent
Here to help combat mental stigma and provide education
Not providing medical advice and all views are my own and do not represent my employers, their associates or subsidiaries
Teen parenting tip
📝 Teen Parenting Tip: Parenting teens is tough! While I don’t call them “teen tantrums,” I know you’re referring to episodes of behavioral dysregulation-believe me, I’ve seen it all. One trick that’s helped when they’re still verbally communicating? Stay calm, validate their feelings, and don’t jump to solutions right away. Let them know you’re listening. Have you tried this with your teen? What’s worked for you? Let’s talk! 💬
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Parenting mistakes I've made
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👩⚕️ Parenting Mistakes I’ve Made as a Child Psychiatrist & Mom 👩⚕️ Even though I’m a child psychiatrist, I’m still learning as a mom - and yes, I’ve made my fair share of parenting mistakes! 😅 Being a professional doesn’t make you immune to the challenges of parenting, and I believe it’s important to be open about them. 🌱 Here are a few mistakes I’ve made (and learned from!): 1️⃣ Overanalyzin...
Parenting rules you should break
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🚫 Parenting Rules You Should Break! 🚫 As a child psychiatrist and a mom, I’ve realized that some traditional parenting rules are better off being broken. 🙅♀️ Parenting isn’t a one-size-fits-all journey, and sometimes, letting go of certain rules can lead to healthier relationships with our kids. 💖 Here are a few parenting rules I encourage you to break: 1️⃣ "Don’t show your emotions" - It’s ok...
Have you heard of the switch witch?
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🎃 Introducing the Switch Witch! 🎃 This Halloween, there's someone new in town - meet the Switch Witch! 👻🧙♀️ She's a kind witch who comes to your house on Halloween night, takes all that extra candy 🍬🍭, and leaves your kids a special toy 🎁 in exchange! It's a win-win for parents and kids. No more sugar overload, and your child still gets to enjoy the fun of trick-or-treating without overindulgi...
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What is TMS? Transcranial magnetic stimulation for adolescents
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Psychiatrist talking about screens, technology and kids, what’s a parent to do? #parenting
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Psychiatrist talking about screens, technology and kids, what’s a parent to do? #parenting
Can you tell me something? When ever my boy (17 m) falls while he was learning to stand and now he’s walking I say “oops” or “oh dear up you get” but my MIL laughs really loudly like “HAHAHA” it sounds more like she’s laughing at him for falling over! Am I overreacting?
Might just be my own thought.. but when with other dads this is how they haddle it.. when with female friends.. they make a big deal & there kids always cry
What's wrong with sadness?? 😭
Thank You 🙏 I am a 36 year-old woman, who has ADHD; I’m on medication for it as well. I have a friend who is 56 years old; she also has ADHD, and also treated with medication. ADHD happens in boys and girls, and those with ADHD, will have ADHD for life. two of my brothers have ADHD; neither require medication.
😂 someone had to say it. 😅 Although when it comes to Halloween, I also have to ask questions. For 364 days of the year, we discourage children to talk to strangers, and to not accept things from strangers. However; for one night of the year, we encourage children to take candy off of witches, ghouls, and zombies. Perhaps it’s the autistic brain of mine, and you can call me out if you need to.; I just can’t find the logic.
Kids 1000% follow your lead in EVERY scenario when they're young, if you make it seem like you're worried they're hurt, they'll act hurt even if they're not, and if they hurt themselves but you don't make a massive deal about it, they should learn to handle pain and diversity pretty well.
unfortunately, even my psychiatrist believed that I was too happy to be depressed; even though I had met him via the ER after attempting to take my life. It turns out at 36 years old; I’ve just been diagnosed with autism, and three years ago I received a diagnosis of ADHD. Thank goodness, this psychiatrist was stubborn (more stubborn than my trauma), and a lot more informed than the one I had when I was 14 years old.
If it "really hurts" the body and expression will 9 out of 10 times show it, if you freak out and oh My God the situation it escalates the child. They are not glass and neither is the human body even a child's. We have two generations now of soft scared adult children that are creating an entire new form of generationally weak humans.
Agression cause agression :( i react like soda and candy mixture
I find it interesting that a very young inexperienced physcian who is supposed to be trained in diseases is the brain is stepping into child psychology area.
“Very young and inexperienced” you’ve got me chuckling with that one! In the field of child psychiatry we are trained in many aspects including parenting and different types of therapy - hope that helps clarify the confusion.
With my second nephew we are learning how to react better. For the most of it, we see how he reacts. Or I believe its not that bad, I laugh a little and encourage him to get up... unless he's stuck, then I'll help him up.
Maybe you are a children psychologist because kids don’t get angry so much when you tell them the most obvious stuff. Thanks for this content sherlock! Btw: Did you know that water makes things wet?
It’s great it’s already familiar to you! These are types of questions I get from families looking for guidance and it’s not all intuitive for many reasons - so no shaming here. Psychiatrist btw not psychologist :)
Someone hit him with their car in broad daylight, but he doesn't go live to talk about it until later that evening? I wonder if he was the one who was taken in to the police station and he just got out 🤔🤔
That dad has such a beautiful voice and laugh
That's awesome!!
That is why 20 minutes of recess at school getting taken away as consequences often backfires!
I usually say, “oops” “oh whoops!” and if I think it looked like a harder hit than a brush off I go “uh-oh, how’d that happen” my youngest son is almost 10 months old and hardly cries ever when he falls over, or gets knocked over by the dogs and I have hard wood floors. But on the other hand, my oldest son lives with his dad’s family and they always coddle him, so even the slightly “tap” or “bonk” he has an instant reaction. I’m not raising my children to be fragile, and sensitive, I’m raising them to be reasonable, and strong minded. I’m 20 and have realized that most parents my age are raising their kids to be fully dependent on them, and that’s not how they should be raised, we are raising the next generation, they need to be independent, yet know when to ask for help, not wanting people to do everything for them, that’s being lazy.
If it was a mom that kids would be crying. Ha
You’re fine is the go to… the weakness in society has allowed these professions to medicate our children to the highest levels in human history… and guess what?! They’re more depressed than ever before…go figure!
They take their clothes from you Mom and Dad
So great. ❤️❤️❤️
Ridiculous
No
Exactly how to react.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Idk how many times i heard my dad say the phrase "holy crap you smashed the pavement" after me faceplanting. Just out of sheer pride i wasn't going to let him know the pavement kicked my ass.
Treating them like an individual and a person from the get go is key. I wish you could have been around when I was a kid. We lived in a tiny rural community that had a lot of hurting emotionally wounded children.
No, he laughed right away.
Cadets are laughing just a little bit for putting loop so smart was checked her head immediately
So many adults do not treat children and teens with respect and then wonder why they dont get respect back! It is so powerful and you will usually get back what you give. If you show teens you respect them, 99% of the time theyre going to really appreciate you for it and give you great respect back!
Absolutely respect is so key for any human!
9x out of 10 kiddos reaction to the adults reaction❤
Not every child is the same.. some feel comforted by being told they’re ok when they’re scared they just injured themselves. You’re ok doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.. or it didn’t happen. It just means that they don’t need to enter a fear panic state. Just speaking to small things like this. Not like a bicycle crash when they’ve skinned up their knees and are not ok.. parenting is not a one size fits all scenario.
Yeah... Dunno...
Shouldn’t take a psychiatrist to teach or simply understand this.
I said, are you okay? If they responded no then I said okay come here and let me look. Your thoughts?
When i was 6 i couldn't smile because my head was bleeding a lot and my sister yelling and my bro in law running with me through neighbor's car going direct to emergency
Man my family must of thought it was hilarious then everytime I fall Cause anytime I get hurt I just laugh … I know this was supposed to be cute and it and very true your reaction does matter
The trend of parents “pretending to hit 👶🏻 head” by tapping wall and saying awww oh no are you ok? And baby’s all start crying 😭 is proof that they’re not necessarily hurt especially in that trend they go by YOUR reaction! Love this ❤
The trend of parents “pretending to hit 👶🏻 head” by tapping wall and saying awww oh no are you ok? And baby’s all start crying 😭 is proof that they’re not necessarily hurt especially in that trend they go by YOUR reaction! Love this ❤
I used to clap and say yay! They would just get up and clap and say yay, with me. Lol
How do you convince an adult that they need to see someone if they seem determined to ignore the issues and hope they go away on their own? 😞
Ive been trying to get my 10 yo son and 11 year old daughter tested for ADHD for 4 years now because their school suggested it. I cant find one single place willing to test them 😫 Everywhere I call says they cant see them unless they already have a diagnosis 😕
I used to do this with my kid. Then I was a part of a mom's group and it would drive me crazy when they would all run and insinuate something was wrong. I used to tell them.. your reaction will determine their reaction. Kudos.. dad in the video 🙌
My grandma always said "we fall down so we can learn to get up again" and in fact children react according to their parents' behavior. When they learn that it's not bad and it's not a big deal, they don't dramatize. And if you give them the space to fall, they learn to better assess risks more quickly. Greetings from Germany 👋🏼
Just asking curiously how did you do that can you teach me ? Hmm ixnteresting
Find a new professional. My psychiatrist did not cut me off, but she is kind of “old school” in that way, and only “Lets” me smoke because I have a medical card and so she technically isn’t allowed to give me different levels of care because of that. Also, as hard as it is, I do have empathy for doctors. The ones who were prescribing the opioids that led to that crisis put a spotlight on ALL doctors who prescribe things that can be abused. The worst part is…even if the provider were correct to cut off the ADHD meds, this is literally the worst thing you can do in terms of getting a neurodivergent person to stop smoking…in fact, the fact someone may still want to smoke might even imply the dosage of the stimulant were too low (I’m not a doctor, so not medical advice, just my personal experience. My desire to self-medicate has a reverse-linear correlation with the dose of my stimulant. And if it was just about wanting to be high the. This wouldn’t make sense because the drugs in question are basically the opposite of one another. Clearly something else is happening here and it’s sad the government won’t let people study it. Sad that a few bad apples made things harder
In my experience adults tend to say to girls: are you okay? Are you hurt? Worrying. And with boys: you’re fine, you’re okay. Either of them are not fine! Being neutral and open and safe with what ever the child is experiencing, and if the parent is safe in their body the child feels safe too. ❤
One of my sons fell and bumped his head in pre-school the assistant said oops and never told us! He ended up in A&E that night with severe pain in his head and blood from his nose, he had concussion!! So be mindful of the oops please
Why would we not acknowledge pain?
No as an adult that giggles when i hurt my self people then i am crazy for it.
So, so important! I can remember back to my very first memory. It went just like this. Reactions to adversity teach for a lifetime of disappointments.