As most of us have teenager children at home, thus would like to share this useful article hoping that it will be of great help.
Studies show that teenagers with low self-esteem typically have parents who are indifferent to either the successes or failures (or both) of the children. Lacking clear directions and goals, such children find it difficult to develop initiative. When this happens, children tend to form a negative self-image and give up trying anything new or challenging, including making new friends.
On the other hand, some parents can be so overprotective that they undermine their children's effort to grow up, and the children develop a fear of school. Psychologists have found that teenagers who suffer from school phobia are deeply afraid of leaving their family home and being separated from their parents.
Whether teenagers develop a high or low degree of motivation depends greatly on what their parents expect of them. If parents set high but achievable standards and express love and support for their teenagers' abilities, then adolescents will probably be reasonably confident of attaining success. Motivation will naturally follow. Parents who are overly critical and whose standards are impossibly high, however, may raise teenagers who avoid challenges for fear they will fail.
Studies show that teenagers with low self-esteem typically have parents who are indifferent to either the successes or failures (or both) of the children. Lacking clear directions and goals, such children find it difficult to develop initiative. When this happens, children tend to form a negative self-image and give up trying anything new or challenging, including making new friends.
On the other hand, some parents can be so overprotective that they undermine their children's effort to grow up, and the children develop a fear of school. Psychologists have found that teenagers who suffer from school phobia are deeply afraid of leaving their family home and being separated from their parents.
Whether teenagers develop a high or low degree of motivation depends greatly on what their parents expect of them. If parents set high but achievable standards and express love and support for their teenagers' abilities, then adolescents will probably be reasonably confident of attaining success. Motivation will naturally follow. Parents who are overly critical and whose standards are impossibly high, however, may raise teenagers who avoid challenges for fear they will fail.
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