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Effects of absent parents in child development

Freud believed that we are a product of the mental health that our inner child had in the past. Some of us grew up with an alcoholic parent, some others were sexually abused and some children grew up under abject poverty which is a big stressor in childhood.  I am a Christian psychologist that thinks more in humanistic perceptions. Humanistic psychologists say that every human being has the capacity to chose the life they want to live. They can choose to live a creative, meaningful, and satisfying life. I believe that every human being has the capacity to shine over the shadows of the past but I am worried about these days because they are becoming parallels to what Freud used to think. Freud's thoughts can be applied when parenting our children. We are raising the future adults that will pack the hospitals because of panic attacks and depression. It is scary for me to know that a child has symptoms of depression at the age of 5. The good news is that parents were given by G...