Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D., psychologist and contributor to Psychology Today, states that favoritism leaves the less favored
child feeling inadequate, while the favored sibling can develop a sense of entitlement.
Making statements like this only leads to
your child feeling inadequate and encourages sibling rivalry.
For instance, demanding perfect grades, expecting athletic excellence or even pushing your child to be popular can make
a child feel inadequate and lead to bullying behavior.
For too long, some fitness experts say, physical education has not lived up to its name: Traditional phys - ed classes provide too little activity to too few students, offer little or no guidance for maintaining a healthful lifestyle, and can make less athletic
children feel inadequate, which can further turn them off to exercise.
Not exact matches
Misbehavior is generally separated into four goals: the
child is striving for attention, power, or revenge, or he
feels inadequate and wants to be left alone.
It was the
feeling of having failed older
children who had been treated in ways the parents now recognized as
inadequate.
Education is ultimately God's work in the soul of a
child, and forgetting that fact leads some educators to
feel inadequate.
No matter how much my brain * knew * that real houses with real
children do not look like that, I
felt super
inadequate.
My second
child was on the breast all the time as well and I understand the pressure that they put you under to breast feed and really make you
feel inadequate if you don't.
your
child will
feel inadequate.
This label can leave parents who have used or are planning to use cry - it - out
feeling inadequate and like they have done the absolute worst thing for their
child.
it made me too
feel inadequate: (As if I was not trying ~ like I would purposely starve my
child: (Thank you for this post and sharing your story.
«Anything that you can do to express your pain and frustration... will be beneficial, whether it's related to
feeling inadequate as a parent, being tired and angry because your
child isn't sleeping, or managing fights with your partner that occur as a result of the incessant crying,» says Dr. Mihalas.
Don't ever let another mom make you
feel that you are
inadequate or not enough for your
child.
Recently axed mental health champion for schools, Natasha Devon, denounced testing «in developmental stages» for «making
children feel judged,
inadequate and anxious».
This occurs often with «helicopter» parents who are constantly hovering over their
children, and do so much for them, that the
children grow up
feeling inadequate to cope with life.
This also means that in the course of the school day,
children must have a chance to do things that enable them to experience accomplishment and competence instead of
feeling inadequate.
Math Matters: Kids Are Counting on You is a resource kit prepared by the National Parent Teacher Association for parents who
feel inadequate in helping their
children with mathematics.
As parents, we often
feel inadequate when challenged with making our
children learn the different things that they will need in order to become functional adults eventually.
It means first and foremost the gaining of competence in school skills, in reading and arithmetic... If a
child feels he is
inadequate in school, inadequacy can become a pervasive theme in his life. . .
The more
children's
feel inadequate at school, the more likely they experience maladjustment behaviors.
They are angry with their
child,
feel guilty and
inadequate, and are often on the verge of relinquishment.
Or, parents who are insecure and
feel inadequate themselves may seek out comfort from their
child, unintentionally reversing the role between
child and parent.
Regarding supportive parenting, it is probable that mothers who are
feeling less helpless and
inadequate when entering interactions with the
child start to derive more enjoyment from this interaction, which is reflected in more responsiveness toward the
child and more acceptance of the
child (Gondoli and Silverberg 1997).
It makes you
feel extremely
inadequate as a mother when you can't soothe your
child.