Faulty thinking affects many children, and it has caused many rifts between parents and their children. And the influence of faulty thinking may come in different forms such as all-or-nothing line of thinking, assuming, mind reading, emotionalizing, rule deflation, hypodermic focus, and personalizing, all of which are very disparaging behavior.
And once a kid also manifests any of these negative behaviors, it only means that he, or she has been influenced at home most likely by his or her parents. Keep in mind that children's minds are like sponges and they readily absorb almost anything that comes their way, and it is the job of the parents to sift through all the things that the child is receiving and throw the ones that are bad and make sure that the child internalizes what are good and constructive.
Because of this silence, they become more misunderstood, even by their peers, and they continue to dig the hole of being misconstrued deeper and deeper if there is no one knowledgeable who will interfere with this downslide.
When the parents become autocratic and all-knowing, children become resentful, and you will sometimes observe them direct their frustration to other objects such as toys, pets, furniture, and other items that cannot fight back. And this type of behavior does not usually manifest at home, so it is rarely checked there. Hence, these kids with their destructive behavior become bullies in school.
Some parents would subconsciously make their children think that Asians and Latin Americans are not so bright people, which show in their dealings with these kinds of people. We all know that they have basis for this faulty lines of thinking but generalizing on a specific sector in the society is very wrong and should not be inculcated in the child's mind.
Watch out for racist behavior or any other forms of discrimination because these are all manifestations of faulty thinking. Whether they be gender-based or age-directed, stereotyping is a type of faulty thinking that should have no place in this world. They may have been initiated by faulty-thinking, misled, overprotective parents.
The teenage life of a person and the way the parents treat that stage in a child's life is always a crucial and a very pivotal stage where social behavior is cultured and developed, and the outcome is generally is a creation of the immediate surroundings and the people around them who have influence over them, the parents. Even though schools and friends contribute to the progression of faulty thinking in a person, parents are the people most of the children look up to.
The truth is, sometimes children learn the good things and what they learn which in total contrast to what they observe from their parents make them think. Some get confused and some challenge their parents.
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