Dr. Audrey Daisley explains that in the long term, kids with a parent with TBI often feel as if they have grown stronger from the experience.
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Children really enjoy their parent being around more,
and the parent may not feel it.
They may wish they were back at work or doing other things,
but children love having an injured parent around more.
They're just more available.
Children talk a lot about positive, personal growth
that comes from this, and I think it's really important for families to know
that this doesn't need to damage children, and that's the adult's fear,
that this will scar children for life, that children will never recover from this.
It will make them bitter and angry and upset,
and yes, we might see those reactions for a short time because they're normal,
but children talk about feeling very proud of themselves
because they know they're strong people.
They know they've been able to survive things that other people they know
haven't dealt with.
And that's when it stops becoming an issue about being different,
and it becomes a really good thing about being different.
Children can say the difference is good now.
Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough, Justin Rhodes, and Erica Queen, BrainLine.
Audrey Daisley, DClinPsych, CPsych,
Dr. Audrey Daisley is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (an NHS post-acute brain injury rehabilitation service) which is part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. She is the lead clinical psychologist for the unit’s family support service and is committed to supporting and improving outcomes for those affected by brain injury and their families.
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