Questions that grandparents should not ask their grandchildren according to psychology

Questions are asked without realizing that children can hurt, but we can avoid them

Even if we think that the questions asked children they are innocent, they can generate a negative and anxiety. Grandparents who take care of their grandchildren often often ask many questions, who want to show interest. However, according to psychology, without realizing it, these questions can end up hurting more than well.

Does it mean they are bad grandparents or parents? Of course not, but we can avoid these questions so that children don’t feel bad.

“Do you have a boyfriend?”

This question should not be asked only for children and teenagers, in fact, it is recommended against almost all cases. According to psychologists Mireia Orgilés and José Pedro Espada, in children, this question can influence the way they relate to friends.

“With these questions, we transmit the idea that boys and girls cannot have a friendship”, in addition to facing the heteronormative sexuality that may not have woke up in them, ignoring all other forms of existing sexuality.

“Why are you so shy?”

Shyness is something normal in children, as the children’s psychologist Juan Pedro Valencia explains, and usually disappears “when an integration and overcoming of anxiety occurs in some cases”. But when we ask the child, we can end up creating a problem that does not exist.

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Source: Terra

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