Mental Health Benefits with Family

Founder of Ecole Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Dr. Hind Louali spends most of her professional time managing all operations of her school. Dr. Hind Louali tries to create immersive ways to teach the French Curriculum to the students in Austin, Texas. She also tries to replicate a family-like environment for the students, with their small numbers, making it a mentally encouraging space for children.

The family is the most important unit in society, as it is the first place people learn mental, emotional, personal, and social development skills. Therefore, spending time with family members greatly benefits children. These benefits, however, spread to other members of the family and are discussed below.

The busyness of everyday life can be exhausting and demoralizing. However, spending quality time with well-rounded family members can serve as an escape from this, and it also helps develop long-lasting relationships with family members. Quality time with family members also helps build self-confidence and self-esteem, especially for kids, as it teaches them interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.

Spending quality time with family members has also been linked to a reduction of delinquent behavior, especially in children. Studies have shown that children, adolescents, and teenagers that communicate and spend more time with their families show lower levels of hostile behavior, aggression, substance misuse, and overall delinquent behavior.

Families that participate in core balanced recreational activities are more likely to share problems and provide emotional support for each other. This is because open communication and quality time spent together lessens feelings of anxiety, and this leads to lower emotional and mental burdens and, as such, better mental health.