As long as you're living under my roof . . . It will only serve to help put them out of the house, and make them hate you for the rest of eternity. When your child becomes a teenager, they will begin to take you literally. I understand that there may be a lot of very confrontational situations which you will have with your children. Sometimes these situations may even become quite heated, nevertheless as parents it really is our responsibility to stop and consider our words before we voice them.
Children are young and so their feelings and egos are very fragile.
In reality, even when our children may not act like it, they really are craving acceptance from us, their parents. For this reason, we must be careful of what we say to them, and more important, how we say it. Parents have a direct effect on the esteem of children look to parents for their self-confidence development. Inc. PageWise makes no representations about the content published on this site. PageWise hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, and user agrees that all such use is at its own risk.