Many children often get the family condition that they never imagine before. That condition forces them to carry on the heavy burden of their family. The example of the unwanted family condition is the family which has depressive mother. This condition can affect the cognitive development of the children. Latest research has proved it. Besides the children, the mother itself will be prejudiced by her depressive behavior. The research of the journal BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology find that the depressive behavior of the women especially mother will affect them when they get pregnancy. The babies or the children will also take the bad effects of their mother’s depressive behavior. That depressive behavior will affect to the children or babies development. It will be delayed. That condition makes the children are left by their friends who have the same ages.
The mother who has depressive behavior can get help from the doctors or the others who are expert in that condition. Indeed, if the mother get pregnancy, the doctor’s and the other family’s roles are very important to identify and solve the depression problem of the mother. It is needed because the pregnancy have to get relax mind and have to be calm. If there are many problems inside the mother’s mind during the pregnancy, the pregnancy will be risky for the babies and also for the mother.
The women in 15 – 44 years have big risks to get depression and get many diseases from it. If it has happened, the children can follow the mother and get depression too. It will be bad for development. They should not get the condition like that to grow up. They need environments which are very conducive and support them to develop their life. So the conclusion, the depressive condition like that can prejudice not only the mother but also the children.