How Your Relationship Impacts Your Kids !
Whether we like it or not, our children are watching us all of the time. The saying that children are like sponges absorbing the world around them is especially true of the emotional atmosphere that surrounds them. When it comes to the relationship between their parents, no irritated eye-roll goes unseen, and no whispered criticism goes unheard. No matter how hard we may try to conceal problems, children are sensitive to the tensions between their parents and are directly influenced by the way their parents interact.
Many of us can remember occasions from our own childhoods when our parents were so involved in their emotional states that they acted as if we were invisible. Now as parents, there are times when we are so immersed in an interaction with our partner or spouse that we forget that we have an audience in our children.
We may try to fool ourselves that they are distracted playing on the floor, but little is likely to slip past them when it comes to dynamics between their parents. Whether it’s a parent who yells a lot or one who acts sullen and angry, these patterns directly impact our kids when they are young, and they often go on to re-enact them in their own relationships when they reach adulthood.
When children sense something is wrong between their parents, it often increases their anxiety and perpetual worry. They may start doing things to cut off their emotions. If they are afraid, sad or insecure, they may try to numb these emotions with such behaviors as overeating or excessively playing games. If they don’t feel they can talk to their parents, or their anger or hurt involves their parents, children may start showing their feelings indirectly:
throwing tantrums over toys, getting unusually clingy toward a parent, losing interest in school, getting in fights with other kids.(Most parents faced this , am i right ??)
So, parents be happy, be positive and enjoy parenthood with your loving kids!
#parents #equalparenting #daddy #blogger #parenting #childbonding #mummy #daddyblogger #mummyblogger #equal #kidslearning #goodparenting #raagnoopshir
Whether we like it or not, our children are watching us all of the time. The saying that children are like sponges absorbing the world around them is especially true of the emotional atmosphere that surrounds them. When it comes to the relationship between their parents, no irritated eye-roll goes unseen, and no whispered criticism goes unheard. No matter how hard we may try to conceal problems, children are sensitive to the tensions between their parents and are directly influenced by the way their parents interact.
Many of us can remember occasions from our own childhoods when our parents were so involved in their emotional states that they acted as if we were invisible. Now as parents, there are times when we are so immersed in an interaction with our partner or spouse that we forget that we have an audience in our children.
We may try to fool ourselves that they are distracted playing on the floor, but little is likely to slip past them when it comes to dynamics between their parents. Whether it’s a parent who yells a lot or one who acts sullen and angry, these patterns directly impact our kids when they are young, and they often go on to re-enact them in their own relationships when they reach adulthood.
When children sense something is wrong between their parents, it often increases their anxiety and perpetual worry. They may start doing things to cut off their emotions. If they are afraid, sad or insecure, they may try to numb these emotions with such behaviors as overeating or excessively playing games. If they don’t feel they can talk to their parents, or their anger or hurt involves their parents, children may start showing their feelings indirectly:
throwing tantrums over toys, getting unusually clingy toward a parent, losing interest in school, getting in fights with other kids.(Most parents faced this , am i right ??)
So, parents be happy, be positive and enjoy parenthood with your loving kids!
#parents #equalparenting #daddy #blogger #parenting #childbonding #mummy #daddyblogger #mummyblogger #equal #kidslearning #goodparenting #raagnoopshir
