Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience

Parents usually have the best intentions – like protecting their children from life's hardships and preparing them for adulthood. However as with many other aspects of parenting, the results do not always match the intentions. Overprotective parents generally want to protect their children from harm, hurt, pain, failure, unhappiness, bad experiences, rejection, and disappointment (Lindsey 1). However, parents must realize that overprotective parenting has certain side effects. Parents believe that they are doing a favor for their children by keeping them safe without realizing that this parenting style can have severe effects on children such as robbing children of the essential life skills that they need in order to have a healthy

There are many different types of parents with diverse parenting styles in the world. Some are efficient in their ways, while others struggle to wonder why their child did not turn out to be everything they hoped. The controversial topic of whether the parent knows what is best for their child hangs over the reader’s head in Amy Chua’s article.

Parents or other adult peers who present themselves as positive role models, may lay the foundation that is needed to enable the child to begin to build the cornerstones of his conscience and strong moral development. This will hopefully be the basis for a child's ability to learn and use nonaggressive and more appropriate ways to solve problems.

Parents are generally responsible for nurturing their children. They therefore encourage their children to behave properly. They nurture them carefully from birth to adolescence to inculcate moral values and raising them to respect their elders and themselves (Advameg, 2016). They also encourage them to be obedient, teach them the right from wrong and make them informed about the importance of higher education. An ideal “good” child is expected to conform to social expectations, be obedience to adults, and be devoted to religion.

Parents have the main duty of raising their child, when it comes teaching them things as simple as how to use a spoon and fork, all the way to the complexity of their beliefs and behavior. In terms of behavior in child development, as said in the article “The Effect of Parents On A Child’s Psychological Development”, “our parents are the first role models we have as examples of how to behave”. Since our parents are the first people that children really meet and know about in the first years of their lives. They shape our personalities through the way they treat us, how they act around us, the things they teach us, etc.

The role of a parent in a child’s life is crucial to promote and support the physical, emotional, social, financial, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Does this mean that after a child reaches adulthood the job of a parent is over? Unfortunately for parents the job is never over. When raising a child parents must teach child the basics such as talking, walking and eating. They must also teach children certain characteristics of attitude and behavior such as what is right and what is wrong. As the child develops in to an adult, the responsibilities of a parent change as well. Their responsibility is not teaching, but is now maintaining the characteristics that they want their

It is a general belief of parenting and caretaking that we must protect children from all harm and every negative circumstance—no matter how naturally occurring—from every scraped knee or every mean word said by classmates. Many children in America have parents that cater to their every need, give them constant attention, and fill their days with structured activity. This, of course, is not the worst thing you can do for a young child, but as they get older and the long-term effects become clearer; this type of parenting can cause serious problems for their children’s futures. Perhaps even keep children from growing into successful adults and functioning members of society. There comes a point in everyone’s life when we no longer have our parents or caretakers to hold our hand through the trials of life, and everyone should be moderately prepared for that point. For the sake of this essay, I am loosely defining the term “successful” as functional, independent, and resilient. Additionally, I would like to indicate that this argument is only relevant to people born in the

Since birth, parents, teachers, and society have always encouraged their children to create, learn, explore, achieve, and live up to their full potential. They are continuously ingrained with the idea that they matter, that they are able to achieve something and become someone. Parents vigorously push their children to excel in school and extracurricular activities, pouring into and guiding them. Their children respond by striving to make their parents proud, often competing with peers to achieve a higher level of success. But what happens when that encouragement is taken away? What is the result when society, teachers, and parents no longer believe that their children are capable, and instead, expect them to fail? What happens when your

Parenting is something that all children need in order to grow up. Without the proper parenting, a child could grow up not knowing how to respect people, not knowing self control, and not knowing how this crazy world works. Parents are here to guide us and help us get through life successfully. They also help us grow, so that one day we will be able to go off and be on our own. School also has a big influence on our moral development. Educators not only teach kids skills that they need for further education, but they also teach them social skills too. In school teachers, teach manners, and how to treat their neighbors. With the help of parents and teachers, the kids will be able to grow sufficiently.

A parent’s biggest dream is that one day their child will achieve a bright and successful future. Hoping that one day that child will move up in society and make something out of their life, a parent will sacrifice anything to see that happen. Not every kid understands how much a parent must give up to ensure their happiness and security. Although they might have a vision for their child’s future, a parent cannot control the path they will ultimately take, and the choices they will make on their own.

When parents push their kids to play a certain sport or follow a certain career path it doesn't let the children express what their interests are. If you push kids too hard at a young age they will become stressed out. Also, parents will push their kids then take the credit or use their kids to make the parent popular which hurts the kids self esteem. A woman on debate.org started, “Pushing too much on children can make them irresponsible in their future. In addition, pushing on children can also cause an opposite reaction. I believe that parents should only encourage and support without pushing. Consequently, parent's pushing makes the learner hate what he/she is doing.” (Are Adults Hurting Young Children by Pushing Them to Achieve?). This girl had parents that were very strict with her.

While I am grateful to be independent and self-sufficient today, I don’t want my children having the same worries I had as a child. I don’t want them wondering if they are loved, wanted, or just in the way. That is why I work hard to be an authoritative parent. I want my children to know that their voices are heard and that I care. Jane Brooks explains how children of authoritative parents are “self-reliant and self-confident and explored their worlds with excitement and pleasure.” (Brooks, 2013, p. 101) These are the traits that I can only hope to instill in my children through my parenting

However, parents must realize that they have the most important role to play in the development of their child’s emotional and behavioral traits.

One of the common myths of becoming a parent is that “good parents are perfect people who have their lives completely figured out”. This is a myth because parents are human beings and no one is perfect, for we tend to make a lot of mistakes as human beings. For instance, a person with five kids is still not consider to be prepared or perfect just because they’ve had experience, they often find themselves making mistakes still but it’s how they recover from the mistake and take it as a lesson learned that not only makes them a well-rounded individual but a suitable parent.

Growing up is normally considered to be a difficult time in the lives of most individuals. As children, most individuals can recall their parents sitting them down to talk about certain situations in order to give them a bit of advice. Maybe, the majority of the time, the advice may have been for their best interest and at other times just out of simple care. Yet, no matter the reason, it was done for guidance and out of love. Many times children seem to overlook the advice and wisdom of their parents, only to find their best efforts to make choices harder than expected and not as productive as they may have hoped. Yet, there are