Originally Posted by Kriston
One other note:

One thing I see a lot is parents (of both GT and ND kids) who--to avoid bragging--only say bad things about their kids. They gripe all the time. It gets old, and I don't think it's healthy for kids to hear that. It seems to be in vogue to be hyper-critical. frown

For every one bad thing a child hears, they need something like 9 good things to get their self-esteem back to baseline.

I agree the criticism and negativity are huge problems. Sometimes my kid is such a PITA is traded by parents as a kind of currency and it is hurtful. Do you at all see that pride and shame are just flip sides of the same coin?