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Mental Health Insights from the Therapy Room

One of the most common beliefs I encounter in my clinical work is that children are too young to have real emotions — that feelings are an adult matter. I want to respectfully challenge that entirely. The whole of a child's adult life rests on what happens in early childhood.

In many Arab homes, authority means fear. The father is respected because he is feared. Rules are followed because of what happens if they aren't. I understand this system. I grew up in the same culture. And I believe it needs to change — not because it lacks love, but because it produces adults who are harder to reach. Tags: parenting discipline Dubai, fear-based parenting Arab world, child discipline UAE, parenting support Dubai, family therapy UAE, consistent parenting Ara

From my years of clinical work in Dubai, I've observed something that surprises many parents when I say it out loud: in much of the Arab world, parents and their teenagers are living on completely different planets. Here's what that means — and what parents can do about it.