People Share Questionable Parenting Tactics That Still Affect Them to This Day

Complementing our kids is important, but did you ever stop to think about what happens if we compliment them too much? Only hearing good things about yourself sounds amazing, right? But if you’re only in your formative years, this can hurt how you see yourself and respond to criticism.

There’s nothing wrong in telling your kid they’re intelligent, pretty, or creative. On the contrary, they need to hear these positive comments from their parents. The problem is when we tell them they’re the smartest or prettiest kid in the world because then we’re setting them up not only for frustration (they will find out they’re not Einstein) but also for an inability to handle criticism.