Harry, Meghan Markle warned: ‘Prince Archie will notice if he’s not getting the full story’

With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son having just celebrated his seventh birthday, a warning has just broken through, urging the Sussexes to refrain from sidestepping on things.

A Clinical Psychologist, who is a member of the Emma's Diary medical advisory board, and specialises in perinatal and family mental health just spoke out about a bigger question that the Duke and Duchess are ‘failing to look into properly.

The expert in question is named Dr Frankie Harrison and while in conversation with the Daily Express UK explained how deeply they risk effecting their son in his formative years because this is a time for “complex social situations” as they often lead to asking “bigger questions.”

Dr Harrison also explained the idea in depth and said, “Seven is a significant age developmentally. And it’s important to talk about. Around this time, children move out of more magical, egocentric thinking and into what we’d call concrete operational thinking. They might start to reason things through, connect cause and effect, and make sense of complex social situations in a way they didn’t before. That means questions might get bigger and more direct.”

It is also described as the age where self expression, personality and a child’s own sense of self is developed in an effort to “fit into the world around them”.

During this time, “family narratives matter here,” he explained as well a bit later into the conversation. “Kids this age need a more coherent narrative about who they are and where they come from, even if parts of that story are complicated or hard.”

Reason being this is where they understand the concept of grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles and “how present or absent those relationships are.”

According to the expert “if there’s distance, geographical or otherwise, children at this age start to notice and feel that in a way they may not have before. They might ask more questions, be more curious, be more direct.”

But “if questions aren’t answered, children tend to fill in the blanks. So, providing concrete, honest narratives is important at this age,” he warned as well. After all “at seven, children are perceptive. They notice if something is being sidestepped, or if they’re not getting the full story.”

Before concluding he added too, “the relationship you’re building right now is the foundation for adolescence. Trust, openness, and the message that no question is too awkward.”