Are you a good parental role model for your children ?

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The importance of being a healthy parental role model for your child

Parents naturally want their children to get rid of bad habits. Once they discover a problem, they may inevitably start scolding or even give a spanking, each time being unaware that their words and reactions can have subtle negative effects on their children. On the other hand, if the parents' reactions are too casual and do not mind when the children misbehave, it will be difficult for them to get the kids to behave when they want them to.

In a divorced family, the psychological impact on children can be very deep if the children see their parents at war with each other in the process of the divorce. Children will be very afraid and may become very timid.

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At the same time however, some children from divorced family may react over defensively by, for example, hitting other students so as to avoid being bullied.

Therefore, when parents find that a child is having some psychological problems, they must not forget to first analyze and consider if they as parents had been a poor parental role model for the child, if they themselves had acted impropriety.