6 Parenting Traps That Will Turn Your Kid into a Sociopath
How do parents turn their child into a sociopath? There are six parenting traps that, together, will bring out the very worst in any child.
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Parenting Traps are behaviors that seem “nice” on the surface, so parents think they are “good” for their children. They are, however, very bad for them.
Could Your Parenting Be Part of a Trap?
Parenting Trap 1: No limits.
Instead of setting clear limits and guidelines around their child’s behavior, they completely indulge and/or enable the kid. Thus, this results in them being selfish, self-centered, self-indulgent, greedy, grasping, insensitive, and/or uncaring.
Parenting Trap 2: No consequences.
They fail to give the child any meaningful consequences for these bad attitudes and behaviors.
Parenting Trap 3: Inappropriate reactions.
They minimize and/or find “cute” all instances of the child’s hurtful, selfish, impulsive, destructive, cruel, or thoughtless behavior.
Parenting Trap 4: No values.
They fail to instill proper morals, ethics, compassion, empathy, kindness, or self-discipline into the child.
Parenting Trap 5: Inappropriate “protection.”
They also protect the child from receiving any in-the-world consequences of their bad behavior. This includes the child’s lying, conning, cheating, stealing, bullying and hurting animals or other people.
Parenting Trap 6: No perspective.
They repeatedly tell the child or indicate through their actions that the child is “special,” better than everyone else, and deserving of more than everyone else.
Parenting Traps Bring Sociopathic Results
All the above traps will lead to a child growing up believing that they are superior to everyone else. They won’t care about anyone else, and they’ll feel like they should be able to do whatever they want, whenever they want, to get what they want, without any consequences whatsoever.
If you want to be a truly loving, caring parent, therefore, be careful to avoid all the above behaviors. If not, you are, in part, also responsible for creating a monster.
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About the Author
Marcia Sirota MD FRCP(C) is a board-certified psychiatrist, that does not ascribe to any one theoretical school. Rather, she has integrated her education and life experiences into a unique approach to the practice of psychotherapy. She considers herself a realist with a healthy measure of optimism. Sign up here for her free monthly wellness newsletter. Listen here to her latest podcast. mariasirotamd.com
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