Father’s Day: Don’t be ashamed to seek mental health care.

NGO advises.

A non-profit and non-governmental organisation in Nigeria to safeguard the well-being and future of African children by employing research, advocacy, and psychosocial interventions, A Mother’s Love Initiative (AMLi) has advised fathers not to shy away from seeking mental health care when necessary.

In a statement issued to mark this year’s Father’s Day with the theme “The Father, His Mindset, His Wellbeing”, AMLi’s Founder/Executive Director, Barrister Hanatu A. Enwemadu Esq, stressed the importance of the role of fathers in the family and the society, pointing out that Fatherhood is a lifelong responsibility which requires a whole lot as a father gives his very all.

“We celebrate Father’s Day in 2023 with the THEME: The Father, His Mindset, His Wellbeing. We must consider the need for everyone to seriously consider the mental and general well-being of the men around us.

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According to research, fathers need mental health support for their well-being and that of their partners and children. Becoming a father is a significant life event for a man. Fathers can experience new emotions, feelings, and changes initiated by the transition into parenthood.

Research shows that around 10% of new fathers experience depression, yet there is little understanding about this, let alone appropriate support. Fathers’ mental health matters for many reasons; we must understand how we can help fathers. If we help fathers, we help mothers. If we help them both, we also help their children”.

Father’s Day: Don’t be ashamed to seek mental health care.

Explaining that AMLi carries out advocacy against admitting under-aged children into schools and, by extension, against the Hurried Child Syndrome, Barrister Enwemadu, who harped on the need to focus on the mindset and wellbeing of fathers and men, notes that recent research has shown that when fathers’ mental health declines, so does the quality of their co-parenting relationships.

Families with fathers who struggle with mental health issues, particularly during early childhood, tend to have children with more difficulties managing their emotions and behaviours. In other words: Fathers affect the quality and stability of the family.
We must encourage fathers, and all men, to seek mental health care when they are struggling.

“It is essential that fathers and men know they can influence significant change in their family and even the future generations that come after them. The decisions they make today, positive or negative, are being evaluated by their children.

Set the example: ask for help, ask for it; cry if you have to; feelings are real, don’t ignore them, talk to someone; and, you are no less a man for doing so.

A mentally stable and balanced father or man is a boy-child who wasn’t hurried but allowed to grow and develop through every stage of life”. She said.

Father’s Day is celebrated globally on the third Sunday in June every year to honour fathers and father figures, appreciating their roles and sacrifices for the family. This year’s observance will be observed tomorrow, June 18th 2023.

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