Praised

 

I recently saw a snippet online, from Dennis Prager Fireside Chat where he gets questions from followers that he answers. He read aloud a question from a view, who approximately ask if it would not be best for a child to praise in more than to point out its faults.

 

Dennis replied that there is too much fuss about children’s self-esteem. He said it is more important to correct them when they need correcting so we can raise good children, and he was not opposed to praising a child if they had earned it.

 

I would argue that correcting the child as he needs it might be more important for him than being praised, and neither criticizing or praising a child should be enumerated, but be as needed instead. I do agree with Dennis that a child should be praised if he earned it, and he should be corrected if he deserves it, needs it or has earned it.

 

It is more important for a child to learn to trust a parent that is truthful with them than whether he is criticized more than he is praised.

 

I think we should never be phony with out kids, praising them to build them up when they do not merit it, or putting them down when they do not deserve it—that is mild child abuse.

 

We do want to raise good kids, and if we criticize them when they need it and they become good person, then they can respect themselves that they are solid, decent persons and that realization is practical, honest self-appraisal or self-esteem.