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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would try my best not to worry and enjoy the years you have now. I had similar worries because of a strong family history of mental illness, including schizophrenia. We put our sensitive, bright child in small, nurturing schools, provided therapy, gave him a caring upbringing, everything suggested.  As it turns out, my son has severe mental health issues as a teen. It’s very hard. But I still love him very much and am grateful for the relatively not years of his childhood. You deal with what comes. [/quote]

*Relatively normal years of his childhood*[/quote]

There is something a little hurtful TBH about this post, as if families could stave off major depression or schizophrenia or their young adult child’s  suicide by choosing a better preschool. You can’t. It’s a little like believing in the refrigerator mother theory of autism. I know that it’s probably more the blinders of being a parent of a baby or toddler, when you still believe that your child’s outcomes are under your control. In time you realize how little control you have, and you come to accept it.

The one piece of advice I was given by a psychiatrist is that if you have a family history of schizophrenia, avoid stimulants such as ADHD medicine. [/quote]

NP here. I think you misunderstood the PP. they are saying that you CAN’T stave off major mental health issues. They tried many things to be proactive, but in the end, the mental health issues surfaced. 
Though I do believe that steps a parent takes that are done with love and patience help the parent child bond, which can only help the child later.[/quote]

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