Title: Ten Ways Parents Destroy Their Children's Self-Esteem - WeHaveKids
Headings: Ten Ways Parents Destroy Their Children's Self-Esteem
Ten Ways Parents Destroy Their Children's Self-Esteem
How to Destroy a Child's Precious Sense of Being
How Parents Hurt Their Child's Self-Esteem
1. Comparing Children to Siblings or Other Children
2. Criticizing a Child's Innate Abilities, Temperament, or Characteristics
3. Requiring Conformity
4. Continuously Harping About Mistakes
5. Teaching That a Child's Dreams, Aspirations, and Goals Are Impossible to Reach
6. Living Their Kid's Lives and Planning Their Careers
7. Evaluating a Child's Intellectual Capacity Based on Their GPA
8. Zeroing in on So-Called Negative Characteristics
9. Never Praising
10. Demanding Blind Obedience
Ways to Improve a Child's Self-Esteem
My Parents Destroyed My Self-Esteem, What Do I Do?
Final Word
Questions & Answers
© 2011 Grace Marguerite Williams
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Some apply corrective or disciplinary methods that can verge on emotional or verbal abuse which damage their children's self-esteem. Verne Ho, CC0, via Unsplash
3. Requiring Conformity
Many parents staunchly believe in blind and mindless conformity. They are of the belief that there is safety in following the prevailing and/or majority opinion. They contend that following the consensus offers a sense of belonging and security. They insist that it is safest to conform to the prevailing philosophy and strongly discourage their children's individualism and nonconformity because they think that if their children refuse to conform to the prevailing groupthink, they will be considered oddballs or worse, be ostracized and left alone, or the parents themselves will be ostracized and denigrated by their neighbors and associates. So if a young one dares to have a unique, creative, and innovative thought or idea, it is squashed and often labeled as outlandish and weird because nobody else thought of it! These parents are totally soul-destroying and killing the dreams of a potential Picasso, Einstein, Mozart, and/or free thinker. Conformity is a necessary thing in certain cases but parents should work on helping their child develop their unique talents while respecting the norms of society. Parents should encourage their children to think outside the box and be creative.