Parenting Mistakes Weaken Children: Expert Advice on Building Resilience

• Psychologist Professor (Dr.) B.D. Mishra highlights that modern parenting styles hinder children's emotional resilience, making them vulnerable to stress from low marks.
• He compares children to 'raw wood' that breaks easily, emphasizing the need for them to face small difficulties to develop frustration tolerance and emotional maturity.
• Over-protection and immediate fulfillment of needs prevent children from experiencing failure, leading to anxiety and mental breakdown when they encounter setbacks like low marks.
• Dr. Mishra warns against 'permissive parenting' where lack of boundaries and discipline fosters insecurity and comparison anxiety among children.
• He advises parents to teach etiquette, respect, and humility, and allow children to face small challenges and failures to build self-efficacy and emotional regulation.

Why It Matters: Parents must allow children to face small challenges and failures to build emotional resilience and maturity.