Thread by @imanmbadawi

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Mental Health Statistics on US Children

1 in 6 U.S. children aged 2–8 years (17.4%) had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.

So young. Look at the increase over age bracket.

Reminds me of an incident with my daughter when she was 4 and had observed…

a group of (Muslim) teenagers. She was perplexed by their behavior and asked me one of the most insightful questions I’ve been asked by anyone, including adults.

“Mama, aren’t people supposed to get better when they’re older?”

I smiled, took her into my arms and said…

“Yes. They are.”

Entirety satisfied, she cheerfully jumped off my lap and went to play, and I just stood there, amazed by her intellect and simultaneously frightened because I knew that children, most of them, even Muslims, were not “getting better when they’re older”…

#Parents we have a job to do. It’s more important than doctors, engineers, journalists, politicians, even more important than scholars. What ‘quality of life’ can we provide children who yearn for nothing more than the natural, intrinsic need for parental love, care & guidance.

It is a sad state that even our bandaid “Islamic” psychology isn’t focused on our children. Another topic for another day. #Parents, we have a job to do, and it’s only getting harder. Let’s make sure that our kids get better as they get older….

اللهم اصلح وارحم وفرج عن أمة سيدنا محمد

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد نورِ الأنوار وسر الأسرار وترياق الأغيار ومفتاح باب اليسار ،سيدنا محمد المختار ،وآله الأطهار وأصحابه الأخيار عدد نعم الله و افضاله

الحمد لله ربّ العالمين