Publication: Parenting during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date
2020
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Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Nepal Medical Association
Abstract
Abstract:
Parenting is both an art and science of nurturing a child that comes very naturally to some. In today’s world, the fundamentals of parenting are getting challenged but it has been even more magnified during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The mental health of children is bound to be affected by the stress related to COVID-19 owing to loss of usual routine, unpredictability, uncertainty. Various other social, economic, and environmental factors also threaten their mental well-being. Parents are the child’s first and longest-lasting context for development Positive parenting that involves sensitivity, responsivity, caring, communicating, and empowering would ensure positive developmental outcomes in children and adolescents. Positive parenting and self-care of parents would serve as a promotive and preventative intervention for child and adolescent mental health, especially during this crisis.
Description
Utkarsh Karki
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5200-0518
Gunjan Dhonju
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7032-185X
Arun Raj Kunwar
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
COVID-19, parenting, pandemic