Parenting Style: Highly Affects Children’s Self-esteem

Every parent has different parenting style but, the goal of all parents is to teach their kids how to develop self-discipline as well as self-awareness. It is indeed a big responsibility for you as a parent to correct the wrong-doings of your child but, this is the only way for him or her to grow.

According to an article in KIDS HEALTH organization, The tone of voice, gestures, and expression are being observed by your children. A child starts to develop their sense when they see themselves in the eyes of their parents.

So, parents affect their developing self-esteem. That's why Avoid making loaded statements or using words as weapons because of damage just as physical blows do. Whatever your child's age, it's important to be consistent when it comes to discipline. Be also a role model to them and explain to children why values are important. According to Wikipedia, During the mid-1980s, researchers began to explore how particular parenting styles influence a child's later development. Early research in parenting and child development found that parents who provide their children with proper nurture and independence have kids who have higher levels of competence and are socially skilled and proficient. Additional developmental skills result from effective parenting styles including maintaining a close relationship with others, being self-reliant, and independence.

Parents also need to build a strong positive relationship with their children because this is one of the factors that would highly affect the condition of self-esteem of their child. According to an article in Child Encyclopedia, parents who trust that their child's course of biological development will proceed in a natural and healthy way can improve better to their role in child rearing and less likely to develop a coercive parenting style. Furthermore, parents who can accurately identify the thoughts and feelings of their children during conflicts are better able to attain satisfactory results for those conflicts.

Also, if parents don't stick to the rules and consequences they set up, their children aren't likely to either. As per the article, instead of looking to praise or criticize our children let's look out for ways to encourage them, that will make them proud of themselves. And by that, it will increase their self-esteem.