Affinity mapping
It is sure that every parent has some sort of attachment to his child. But are parents taking it too far? According to an article by M.Farouk Radwan, MSc, over protective parents are hurting their children and robbing them from the most important life skills that they need in order to overcome life problems and build a personality. If you don’t fail, you don’t learn. If you don’t experience things yourself, you don’t learn. “ An over protective parent sends an unconscious message to the child telling him that the world is not a safe place.” Threats exist everywhere but it is a good thing if you make your child be afraid of the world. Moreover, being over protective doesn’t necessarily mean that the child will turn out to be the version that the parents want. Many teens rebel from the pressure of keeping up with their parents expectations from them in search of freedom and self-expression. What seems to be a great issue is the inability to establish a common ground between over protective parents and their children. Parents and teens fail to communicate their frustrations, needs and wants that might lead to hatred at some point. So from here we ask the following questions in hope to find a sort of solution to this problem.
How may we?
Establishing better communication:
How may we reach a common agreement between overprotective parents and their children?
How may we allow teens to communicate their wants/needs freely with their parents?
What may we encourage overprotective parents to learn about their teenage kids wants?
How may we establish better communication skills between overprotective parents and their children?
How may we allow overprotective parents establish healthy boundaries with their children?
Steps to better parenting:
How may we show over protective parents the impact of their over protectivity on their children’s health and personality?
How may we educate overprotective parents of the right ways to approach their children?
How may we make overprotective parents acknowledge the mistakes they are making towards their kids?
Steps to being a better child:
How may we make teens appreciate what their parents do for them?
How may we allow children to understand the reasons behind their parents being overprotective?
LINKS:
http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Overprotective-Parents
http://oureverydaylife.com/side-effects-overprotective-parenting-8170.html
https://www.2knowmyself.com/overprotective_parents_effects_on_children
