Overprotective Parents

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Don’t Smother Your Kids

Parents today may be too overly protective of their children. As young as a year old a child should start to learn his boundaries, the rules and the consequences of going too far. Remember you are trying to teach your child the importance of following certain rules. It is not a good idea to overprotect him from the negative consequences certain to follow for disobeying.

Jessica was only nine months old when we moved into a two story house. She fell down the steps one time. But before she could walk she had learned to crawl up the steps, turn around and slide down backward on her tummy quite fast.

Don’t try to overly protect your child from the pitfalls in life that can cause him pain or injury. Understanding the meaning of the word “Hot” may be a painful experience for a child but it is necessary. Life is a learning process. Even an infant is like a sponge soaking up information. If he is clean, fed and positioned comfortably sometimes you just have to let him cry awhile.

You want your child to learn that exploration may have painful consequences because as a teenager or an adult those same life lessons apply. Your teenager will be plagued with choices about alcohol, drugs and sex. He or she needs to know that Mom will not always be there to intercede and the consequences can be life altering. Likewise the adult they become must be independent and prepared to live with the difficult decisions in life.

Love you, Grammy

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