Parents and elders in families should be careful when they speak around young children. Criticizing them at a young age could take a toll on them negatively. They’ll stop thinking about themselves and start thinking about your critique, and they’ll want to change. Adults should be avoiding “just teasing kids”. It’s critical to remember that children do not react to criticism in the same way that adults do. When you give a child critical feedback, an adult may be able to accept his or her error and laugh it off, but children have not yet developed the vision necessary to do so. Children are very gentle; they aren’t fully developed to take criticism the way adults take it. We need to be able to build up young children self-esteem, instead of breaking it down.
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I agree with my peer that parents and elders should avoid “just teasing kids” because children do not react to criticism like adults do. Unlike adults, children are still developing and can barely take criticism as adults do. We share a similar view that children deserve to be informed of the truth to build their self-esteem.