Of course, like everyone else, you always want to protect your child. You don't want anything to happen to him. This thought is quite normal as a parent. But are you sure that you can properly adjust the dose of anxiety of "What if something happens to my child?"
Unfortunately, sometimes, while trying to protect your children, you may have a negative psychological impact on them. Lack of self-confidence seen in children, introversion, dependence on parents, fear of not being able to achieve anything on their own and fear of responsibility, etc. They may arise depending on this situation.
Your child needs to be a separate individual from you starting from the age of 3. At these times, if you constantly do everything your child needs to do with the fear that something will happen to him or if you do not allow him to achieve anything on his own, your child will not be able to learn to be self-sufficient. At the same time, it is important to remember that your children take you as a role model. If you constantly walk around with warnings such as "be careful, you won't do that,...", your child will begin to adapt what he sees from you to his environment, and as a result, he may become anxious, shy or even cowardly.
Another factor that should not be forgotten while keeping this in mind is that anxiety is beneficial as long as the dose is sufficient. What you are asked to pay attention to is not at all, but just the right amount of anxiety. For this reason, as a parent, give yourself a voice and try to gauge how worried you are towards your child. While trying to measure yourself, you can pay attention to the following:
• Be careful.
• You don't do it, I'll do it.
• If you fall, don't run.
• You might get hurt, don't do it.
• Something might happen to you.
• If you go out into the street, you'll get hit by a car.
If you frequently repeat some of the examples given above and similar to these, you may be on your way to becoming an overly anxious parent.
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