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Father’s poor mental health may harm his kids

Mothers bear much of the burden for a child’s healthy development, from pregnancy through their teen years.

But a large, new study adds to the growing body of evidence saying fathers, too, are responsible for the types of development that help children grow physically, emotionally and cognitively.

Fathers’ mental distress is slightly associated with subpar child development, including cognitive, social-emotional, language and physical development, according to the study published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. The researchers defined mental distress as symptoms or a diagnosis of depression, anxiety, a mix of both or stress. The findings were especially true in the perinatal period, which spans from conception to two years postpartum.

During this time, the developing fetus, infant then toddler is particularly sensitive to any mental distress parents, especially the mother, experience, according to the study. “Men are at risk of increased mental distress during the transition to fatherhood, with prevalence rates among men during the perinatal period as high as 8% for clinical depression, 11% for anxiety, and 6% to 9% for elevated stress,” the authors wrote.

Read more on the findings: https://cnn.it/4jUypwb

Man o War

This is perfectly apt highly descriptive

A man at war with himself will wage it on the woman who loves him.
He’ll distrust her kindness, not because she’s unworthy, but because he can’t believe he’s worthy of it. Her care will feel suffocating, her patience like pity—not because she’s done wrong, but because he can’t reconcile his own brokenness.
He’ll pick at her confidence, resent her warmth, and mistake her love for a debt he can’t repay. His silence will bruise, his distance will confuse, and his unresolved pain will leak into every conversation.
No amount of her love can heal what he won’t face. Until he confronts his shadows, he’ll keep drowning her light in the chaos of his unhealed wounds.
Because love—no matter how pure—can’t fix someone who refuses to meet themselves in the mirror.