How Being Overprotective Effects Your Adolescent
Parents! ๐ We understand you seek to shelter your children from physical, mental, and emotional pain. You want to ensure that your kids are successful, so you might cushion the path or soften the blows of everyday life.โฃโฃ
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๐๐๐, the problem with that is often times overprotective parents can have tunnel vision. Whether itโs in their quest to help a child achieve goals, or dominate decision-making on behalf of their teen, or simply believing they know whatโs best 24/7.โฃโฃ
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This tendency to shelter, buffer, and manipulate can effect our teens in many ways. Here are just a few examples.๐โฃโฃ
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โ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐งโฃโฃ
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๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐งโฃโฃ
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Itโs important to remember that overprotective parents (๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด!) have good intentions. They want whatโs best for their child, even if it means they have to bulldoze the way or protect them from the potentially hurtful realities of the outside world.โฃโฃ
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Do you think youโre an overprotective parent? ๐ค
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