Any parents want to protect and protect their children. But overprotection is never a smart parenting ...
When being protected or pampered too much needed, the baby accidentally was "damaged" a lot compared to his peers when faced with the following dangers:
1 / Incomplete development
According to pediatricians, overprotecting the child makes the child "imprisoned" in his own home. Babies don't have the space to develop their motor skills. Also, there's no chance of handling real-life collision situations. Instead of finding out the answers on her own, she always asks her parents to solve her problems.
2 / Increased Risk of Depression
Unlike many mothers mistakenly, overprotecting their children is not a way to help children feel more loved. On the contrary, parents' efforts to protect their children sometimes feel stressful. There are even cases where the baby will feel excessive anxiety , which in turn leads to depression.
Overprotecting children is not necessarily a smart parenting way
3 / Lack of confidence
Too dependent on parents, even unable to solve the problem on their own, the baby's confidence is increasingly eroded. Increasingly, children feel less confident in themselves, leading to more dependence on parents. The inevitable consequence is that the baby will feel helpless and unable to do anything by himself.
4 / The risk of crime
According to research published in the journal Child Psychology, babies tend to be overprotected or controlled as children are more likely to be anti-social and illegal than other children. According to experts, moderate protection and reasonable discipline are ways to help limit the tendency of crime in children.
Teaching children to be independent like the Japanese It is a very common image to see a small child carry his own things, go to the supermarket with his mother or go out on the street. Children in Japan are taught to be independent from a very young age.
5 / Having problems with relationships
Statistically, children who grow up in excessive parental protection are more likely to have difficulty maintaining harmony between relationships. While girls tend to delay living separately or form a family of their own, boys tend to "stick to their mother's dress", obey their parents, and have no opinion. private.
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