Factors that weaken your child’s personality

1. Threatening
– Threatening him with complaining to his/her father, or punish him/her badly

2. Comparison
– Comparing him/her with his/her siblings, or his/her friends and classmates. Apart from building hatred, it also destroys personality, weakens character and causes feeling inferior

3. Teasing
– Making fun of the way he/she speaks or when he/she uses words that he/she doesn’t know the meaning of it yet

4. Calling him/her with ugly titles and nicknames him such as fat, small-eyed, small boy/girl….etc

5. Constantly call to account
– Especially using words that have negative meanings

6. Constant criticism
– Especially in front of guests, friends and siblings

7. Too much blame and rebuke
– Especially when his/her mother tells him/her, “You’re the reason I’m tired and you are ruining the house.”

8. Shouting at him/her
– This can lead to a weak, frightened and distrustful child.

9. Many orders to him/her
– In a harsh and military manner, he/she feels that he/she has no freedom, no room for discussion, and that no one cares about his/her opinion

10. Bad suspicion of him/her
– It makes him/her feel that he/she is incapable of doing anything and is of no use to anyone or his family

11. Neglecting after having second and third child, or the favoritism of other brothers and sisters makes him/her feel ignored

Ronak Basheer Omar
Social worker