As children grow up,
they move toward a point in their lives where they become adults. They
progress from total dependence in their first years of life to a higher
degree of independence in their teenage years, when then they gain
mobility, the ability to drive cars. Parents may be overly protective of
their children and try to limit the degree of independence. There are
many dangers that children face as they grow up, including drugs,
alcohol, violence in schools, teenage pregnancies and pedophiles, so
parents may feel justified in being overprotective. There are, however,
side effects of overprotective parenting.Lack of Self-Confidence
Overprotective
parents send the message that their children can't handle life's
challenges on their own. This can lead to a lack of self-confidence in
these children. They may feel that if their parents don't trust them
with the freedom to make mistakes and tackle problems on their own, then
they may not have the ability to succeed in life without the continued
guidance of their parents.
sion of Control
Parents
themselves may believe that they have a handle on being able to keep
their children safe and protected by being overprotective. This can lead
to an illusion of control over their children, who may rebel as they
grow older and shatter that illusion.
Risk-Taking
As
children who have overprotective parents grow older, they eventually
reach the teenage years, when they spend parts of their days beyond the
reach of the parents. This freedom can cause them to take risks that are
greater than children who did not have overprotective parents. This
occurs because the children of overprotective parents have not developed
a sense of responsibility for their actions because the overprotective
parents have assumed that responsibility.
Self-Esteem
Overprotective
parenting can cause the lack of the development of self-esteem in a
child. This is because the child is not allowed to face challenges
without parental intervention. Part of the development of self-esteem in
children comes from surmounting challenges on their own, which can be
denied to them by overprotective parenting.
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