4 Points to Remember to Not Make Your Child A Narcissistic
Every parent believes that their children are the best in the world no matter how they behave. Parents love children from the core of their hearts. But some parents love their children more and they are more caring than other parents. These kinds of parents are sometimes called helicopter parents. They pay more attention to their child’s well being and problems and tend to move around them all the day and sometimes even at night. Today’s parents are more caring and attentive than they were before and therefore, more controlling in nature.
Studies have claimed that these helicopter parents are doing one thing wrong and that is they are making their kids narcissistic. These helicopter parents tend to be more focused and they usually end up in protective roles.
A narcissistic personality is a mental illness in which a person is obsessed with himself only. They think themselves overly smart and special. They think that the world revolves around them and it is the fault of the parents only. And it will do nothing except sending their children deeper into the problem. There are some points that parents can do to help their children in not becoming narcissistic. They are:
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Don’t compare your children with others:
Comparison is always done by parents first. When the parents make a comparison between their own child and other children, they are silently preparing their child to be a narcissistic one. The comparison may be done between them and their friends and family siblings. Parents should not allow their child’s performance to be affected by any kind of competence and comparison. And their praise should also be specific about the actions and performances of their children. Try teaching your child to be a good and well-mannered person. Try teaching them to be successful without comparison with others.
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Help your child in dealing with responsibilities:
Narcissistic children feel it difficult to take the responsibilities for their own actions, especially which are the negative ones. Teaching their children to take the responsibilities for their own actions seems difficult to the parents. Children don’t have the opportunities to make things right because the parents are there to solve all their problems. Helping your children to take the responsibilities for their actions may help them in becoming a good person. Parents should not teach their children that the world revolves around them and everything will be presented to them on a silver plate and they will not be doing anything on their own.
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Teach them to understand the emotions of other people also:
Narcissistic people find it difficult to understand the emotions of other people and because of this, their relationships suffer a lot. These people are trapped in their thoughts to such an extent that they are not able to link themselves with other people. Teach your children to be able to feel the emotions of other people. This will make them empathetic and good quality relationships.
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Praise your child in a specific way and not always:
It is absolutely okay to love your child. But you cannot love everything about your child. They have some habits that are not tolerable. And parents should not praise them for their every action and behavior. The things which are not appreciable should not be praised. Parents should praise them in a specific way and not for all the things they are doing.
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