Hard ass? Yikes. Emotional abuse? Are you kidding me? The catastrophizing of every day failures is abuse. Letting your kid know by your reaction that whether or not they got on varsity pom pom isn’t going to matter in a few years is how you teach them to roll with the punches.
Hard ass? Yikes. Emotional abuse? Are you kidding me? The catastrophizing of every day failures is abuse. Letting your kid know by your reaction that whether or not they got on varsity pom pom isn’t going to matter in a few years is how you teach them to roll with the punches.
It’s not catastrophizing. It’s teaching kids how to deal with failure without the parent being an insensitive asshole. If you wouldn’t say “better luck next time” to a friend dealing with a big disappointment, don’t do it to your kid.
My parents were never deliberately mean and heartless but they also managed to teach me disappointment is part of life.
Hard ass? Yikes. Emotional abuse? Are you kidding me? The catastrophizing of every day failures is abuse. Letting your kid know by your reaction that whether or not they got on varsity pom pom isn’t going to matter in a few years is how you teach them to roll with the punches.
It’s not catastrophizing. It’s teaching kids how to deal with failure without the parent being an insensitive asshole. If you wouldn’t say “better luck next time” to a friend dealing with a big disappointment, don’t do it to your kid.
My parents were never deliberately mean and heartless but they also managed to teach me disappointment is part of life.