| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | children may cause a rift between the parents or the |
| Criticism, nagging and scolding by parents -in harsh or | | | | family members. Blaming the child for causing |
| soft words, on major or minor issues-destroys the self | | | | misunderstandings makes him feel guilty for the |
| esteem of the child. But it may also rouse a very | | | | unhappiness caused to you. Don’t burden your |
| dangerous feeling in the child -that of guilt. This feeling | | | | little child by holding him responsible for issues arising in |
| of guilt can distort the way the child thinks about | | | | the family. |
| himself. | | | | How do respond to his failures? When parents |
| How do you react to his mischief’? Children | | | | express their disappointment or how ashamed they |
| are children. We often lose our patience when they | | | | feel when the child loses in a competition or |
| act their age. But little do we realize that our repeated | | | | doesn’t score good marks, it is the ultimate |
| remarks like every time you go out, you create a | | | | blow to his self-confidence. The child begins to feel he |
| fuss for having something or the other’ or | | | | is not good enough. And he’ll operate all his life |
| you are such a stubborn child’ can make the | | | | from the understanding others are good, I am |
| child feel guilty of being a trouble maker’. As | | | | bad’. |
| a result he may become conscious of his actions and | | | | How do you make him realize his mistakes? While |
| gradually stop expressing himself. | | | | disciplining the child, parents indulge in soft emotional |
| How do you deal with his unreasonable | | | | blackmail like we love you so much, we have given |
| wants’? Children don’t understand | | | | you everything, still you misbehave or don’t |
| why he cannot have everything he wants nor that one | | | | listen to us’. This can make the child guilty of |
| should pay to get something. But when children insist | | | | being unworthy’. He may feel he is someone |
| on taking some toy from the shop or | | | | who doesn’t deserve good parents. Well, the |
| somebody’s place or bring home something | | | | fact is that every child deserves good parents and |
| without the knowledge of parents, mostly parents | | | | good parenting which is entirely in your hands. |
| criticize the child for being greedy or accuse him of | | | | The child who is weighed down by guilt can never rise |
| stealing. This makes the child doubt his intentions and | | | | in life. Hence, point out to your child his mistakes in a |
| feel guilty for being mean. | | | | way that gives him the power to improve and not feel |
| How do you take their naivety? Innocent remarks by | | | | guilty of them. |