What
are the characteristics of Hands-off / Uninvolved Parenting?
“I have such a headache. Please do the homework on
your own or just skip it tonight. After all, it’s been a long day and I know
how tired you are.”
Hands-off/uninvolved
parenting emphasizes on learning through experience and each person must learn
to take care of himself. Hands-off/uninvolved parents give their children the
opportunity to learn from mistakes by not sheltering their children. However,
sometimes it is difficult to justify whether the hands-off approach is a way to
let the children to learn from their own mistakes or let them go about the
matter on their own without guidance.
Studies
have shown that children growing up in this kind of environment are more likely
to develop low self-esteem and noncompliant when it is done in extreme. Children
will feel being neglected as hands-off/uninvolved parents will leave them on
their own. This can undermine the children’s motivation to do well.
Does
the choice you made at that moment make your child happy in the long-term? In
five years? In ten years? In twenty years? Does it nurture him into a great
person?
Nothing
is perfect in this world, especially when it comes to parenting. There is no
fix path in the process. Learn to take a little and loose a little as it is an
invaluable experience that not only is beneficial to your children but also to
your self-development.
Prepare
beforehand, learn as you go, evaluate every day.
Which
style are you?
- What is Your Parenting Style? (1): An Overview
- What is Your Parenting Style? (2): Permissive Parenting
- What is Your Parenting Style? (3): Authoritarian Parenting
- What is Your Parenting Style? (4): Authoritative Parenting
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