Are You One of These Parents?
I have actually met parents like this. Parents who feel that their child will be irreversibly hurt by failure. Parents who feel that their child must have lots of winning experiences to “know how to win” and “know how to be successful.”
But is that the best way? Is winning and telling your child she’s the best all the time the ideal way to give your child good self esteem and give her the best chance at being successful?
This article doesn’t think so and neither do I. When you give out too much praise, it becomes meaningless. It has no value. The other thing the article pointed out is that parents, for some reason, feel that their child will be irreparably harmed if they fail at anything. But how are they supposed to learn if they don’t make mistakes? One of the business lessons I learned this year is to make mistakes big and fast so that you can fix them. Mistakes and failures are how we learn. It’s how we get better. Why do parents now think that taking that away from their kids is “best” for them?
This Fox News Article is a good one. It has a bunch of good information and some good quotes. I love reading good quotes and this article has a few for you. CLICK HERE to read the whole article.
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