How Children View Parenting
I can relate to this article, "5 Things Parents Shouldn't Say To Their Kids", because my parents have said some of these things to me and my brother. A major one is "I'm going to leave without you!" When I was told this as a cihld, it scared me at first, and I even had bad dreams about them leaving me behind. Even worse, I began catching on pretty quickly to the fact that they weren't going to follow through, so I didn't always believe their threats. Debora Gilboa, a parenting speaker, says, "If you want them to believe what we say is true, we cannot say something that is patently false." My parents did this to me but my brother is in 8th grade and they need to learn not to make this mistake with him. It may be the reason that I sometimes don't even believe their threats now, like when they say theyre going to take away my car keys.
Another thing I've heard a lot from many parents is "Say you're sorry!". Have you ever met a person who is constantly apologizing out of habit? Luckily, I'm not too bad about it, but I know some people who are really annoying about apologizing. "Young children don't automatically understand why they have to apologize." If a child goes through their childhood apologizing and not even knowing what for, they'll do that all their life about every little thing. Fortunately, my parents have always made me tell them what exactly it is that im appologizing for. http://shine.yahoo.com/team-mom/5-things-parents-shouldnt-kids-171300904.html#!btaq6
Another thing I've heard a lot from many parents is "Say you're sorry!". Have you ever met a person who is constantly apologizing out of habit? Luckily, I'm not too bad about it, but I know some people who are really annoying about apologizing. "Young children don't automatically understand why they have to apologize." If a child goes through their childhood apologizing and not even knowing what for, they'll do that all their life about every little thing. Fortunately, my parents have always made me tell them what exactly it is that im appologizing for. http://shine.yahoo.com/team-mom/5-things-parents-shouldnt-kids-171300904.html#!btaq6
