Parents and child the most valuable bond

The bond between the parents and child has no competitor amongst other relationships since it is based upon the genuine feelings of trust and compassion. Parents can go to any extent in showering selfless love and care for their offspring's without any kind of expectations for gains or return. It is believed that parents are next to god for the children.

PSYCHOLOGY

Deepak Bhatia (Counseling Psychologist)

11/21/20242 min read

Parents and child relations are the most valuable bond on earth

Hunan beings have various degrees of relationships during the lifetime of an Individual.

Amongst all kind of relationships the parents child relations are the most important in terms of biological connect and genuine feelings of care and trustworthiness.

Natural relations versus man made relations

The relationship of parent and child falls amongst the category of natural or biological relations also termed as blood elations while there are other type of social and man made relationships amongst human beings

Parent child relationship is a bond since birth

The relationship between parents and child starts with the birth of the child and continues throughout ones life time till the parents live.

For parents welfare of child is supreme

For any parents the welfare of their child is most important priority and is considered above all other things in the life of parents.

The Psychoanalytic theory of Oedipus complex

This is one of the important psychoanalytic theories which explains the Childs unconscious phenomenon of liking for the parent of opposite sex parent and their feeling of dislike for the parent of same sex.

Parents always desire their child to get more successful than themselves

It is a natural desire of every parent that their child should get more successful then what growth they could attain in their life time.

Parents can never think negative for their child

No parent can ever think anything negative for their child but the opposite is possible in some of the cases where the child may carry some negative feelings for parents.

Parents have no expectations while supporting their children

Parents are the only relatives in this world who do selfless service and have no expectations from their children

Parents are non judgmental

It is only the relation of parents that is completely non judgmental about their offspring.

Parents do not discriminate amongst siblings

Parents are always trying to balance their relationship with siblings and avoid discriminating amongst the siblings, For them all their children have equal importance in their life.

Parents are the life time guide for their child

The parents act as life time guide for their children.

Parents support overall development of child

A) Cognitive development

Parents are considered to directly support the cognitive development by encouraging activities that lead to development of thinking & reasoning abilities. child

b) Physical development

Parents also play a critical role in the physical development of the child by encouraging them to indulge in different kind of physical abilities according to their age group.

c) Social development

The social development of the child is also mainly supported by the parents in form of encouraging their wards to remain socially active.

d) Emotional development

The role of parents in the emotional development of the children is very critical and commendable.

e) Educational development

Parents have a direct role in educational development of their child as they offer monetary and motivational support for their children educational development needs.