We’ve all seen sports parents who show up at every game cheering their child’s victories but completely losing their composure–and sometimes their temper–over their child’s failures. When teenagers see our enthusiasm swell only when they excel at something, they think their performance increases their love for them. Then–and this hurts–they become stuck performing, studying, or producing to earn more expressions of love from us. Is that what we want for our children? Or do we want them to know that they are fundamentally, at the very core of who they are, lovable and valuable to us?
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 03:05:00 +0000
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