Top 12 Parenting Mistakes You Might Not Be Aware Of That Have Negative Impact On Kids

#7. Shaming your Child Especially In Front of Others

It is a big no to humiliate your child with shameful words or actions especially in the eyes of the public or even a sibling. Shaming will deeply hurt your child and will affect their self esteem.

When you use shameful words, their self worth is affected as well. If you continue to do this, your child will just get worse and worse. This may lead do depression and self pity.

What is better to do is to talk to your child and use positive words. Assure them that you love them. If you need to scold them, talk to them privately without anybody who can hear and judge them.

#8. Protecting your child too much from consequences of their decision.

Choices are done by everyone even by a 4 year old. Each decision has its consequences. May it be by accident or intentional, all things done have a corresponding action.

Protecting your child from these consequences is similar to not disciplining them from wrong doings. If you come and save them all the time, they will grow up careless and irresponsible. In order for a child to grow well and organized, they should learn by experience. Of course, you need to weigh when to help and intervene and when to loosen up and let them deal by themselves.

For example, you reminded your son not to forget his lunch and he did forget, don't run to his school to deliver his lunch. Let your kid feel a little hunger so that next time he will not forget to put his lunch in his bag. Not having lunch once will not hurt him.

Another example, don't blame your child's teacher for having low grades; if you do not see your child studying or have enough determination in doing good in school. Your child must learn this early that they cannot run away from the consequences of their actions. This will make them a better person in the future.