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Most parents prioritize their children over
themselves. Some parents may seem to put themselves first on the surface, but
it is likely that they only seem so. They may just think that the most
important role of parents is to support children by providing necessities of
life such as food, clothing, and shelter and a safe environment. They may also
think that children also have their role of doing well at school and staying
healthy.
When all family members
accord with the basic premise and faithfully play their roles, parents don’t
have to pay attention to children for every single matter of daily life. Then,
parents may choose to focus on their own life or activities by themselves. They
may seem to be neglecting their children but all family members are actually
living happily without meddling unnecessarily.
There is a saying, ‘Too
much is as bad as too little’. Children may develop psychological problems when
parents pay attention to them and meddle excessively under the disguise of love
and sacrifice out of their own fear and anxiety. Such parents tend to demand
their children to follow parents’ standards and satisfy parents’ desire. What appears to be normal or abnormal on the
surface may not show the underlying mechanism that regulates the family
structure. What we can be sure is that parents must be happy and healthy first
for children to become happy and healthy.
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