A family's unwritten rules and emotional environment shape a child's behavior. Children learn how to handle disagreements by observing their parents.
By Pawan Nayar · from the LLOS AI Learning record
A family's unwritten rules and emotional environment shape a child's behavior.
Children learn how to handle disagreements by observing their parents.
Parents show children how to deal with problems. Children watch how parents argue or solve issues. This teaches children how to act when they have conflicts. A child's behavior often reflects the family's emotional state. It shows the rules the family lives by, even if these rules are not spoken.
A parent often yells when angry. The child then yells when upset with a sibling. The child is using the same way of dealing with anger that the parent showed. This shows the child learned a behavior from the parent's actions.
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A family's unwritten rules and emotional environment shape a child's behavior. Children learn how to handle disagreements by observing their parents.