What does strict discipline in the family lead to: the child does not understand that he is being scolded lovingly

21.04.2024 21:39

The sad statistics are as follows: in almost 90% of families, parents have raised their voice at their child at least once.

In fact, this method does not work if you want to reason with your own child. It can only make the problem worse.

The authors of a study from the journal Child Development observed 967 families with 13-year-old children over a period of time.

They concluded that strict verbal discipline worsened the teenagers' behavior and led to the children developing depression.

Moreover, this state of affairs was typical even for those families in which parents had close relationships with their children.

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So stop thinking that a close relationship with your child can remove the consequences of strict discipline.

The child is unable to understand that he is being scolded with love.

Even strong parental love cannot soften the effect of verbal punishment - it causes harm to the child under any circumstances.

Previously, we shared advice for parents whose child does not want to read books .

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources