Building self-esteem in children

At first I read the headline I thought that there are ways to build self-esteem in children but it seems more to the writer thought. I quit agree with her thought but some of them doesn't make any sense because from my observation nowadays parents always follow their children order or in Malay "bagi muka". The reason I said so because I had witnesses some parents can’t control their children especially in shopping malls, restaurant and etc.

 "There was a mother in my children’s toddler playgroup who slapped her two-year-old daughter’s hand to stop her from reaching out for things. This was her way of telling her child that she should behave appropriately. She told me that she wanted her daughter to learn to wait for her permission."

Not every parent is good with psychology so they don't know how to teach their children. For me if the mother slapped her child hand it doesn't meant she wanted to hurt her. Sometimes punishment is needed to teach children to be a good person in the future. It seems that previous parents much better in educating their children.


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