
The researchers said this is because authoritarians will tell their children they’re eating the wrong foods, but not explain why. Children ages 2 to 5 with demanding parents were 30 percent more likely to be obese, and children 6 to 11 years old with these kind of parents were 37 percent more likely to be obese. A study from McGill University in Montreal found that children who have authoritarian parents - parents who put too much focus on achievement and rarely show affection - were more likely to be obese than children whose parents often showed affection, LiveScience reported. Parental affection can also help a child’s physical well-being. Unconditional love makes children physically healthier Carroll, lead author of the study, in a press release.Ĭhristopher Bergland of Psychology Today wrote that this study is more evidence that children should be in warm, nurturing environments that make them feel safe and not under pressure or torment from parents.

"If the child has love from parental figures, they may be more protected from the impact of the abuse on adult biological risk for health problems than those who don't have that loving adult in their life,” said Judieth E. But children are less likely to feel those health risks when there is unconditional love and affection from a parent, the study said. This then creates health risks for children, like high levels of cholesterol, cardiovascular issues and high blood pressure. The study said that a lack of parental warmth can make children more stressed since parents put too much pressure on them to succeed without balancing it with affection.
#High five unconditional love free
Unconditional love helps a child’s mental well-beingĪffection and unconditional love can make children emotionally happier and free of stress, according to a study from UCLA. Here are five ways unconditional love and affection can help children succeed. It’s meant to be an unconditional support - a gift that cannot be bought and cannot be earned.”īrooks' suggestion isn’t far off from what experts and researchers have found helps children grow physically, mentally and emotionally.

But parental love is supposed to be oblivious to achievement. The meritocracy is based on earned success. “But the pressures of the meritocracy can sometimes put this love on a false basis. “Parents desperately want happiness for their children and naturally want to steer them toward success in every way they can,” Brooks wrote. He suggests parents raise their children with unconditional love instead, since too much focus on achievement hurts how youngsters develop and weakens the bond between a parent and child. New York Times columnist David Brooks has a message for some American parents - you're doing it wrong.īrooks wrote in a column last week that some American parents spend too much time pushing their children to succeed, whether that's in the classroom, on the soccer field or in a career down the road.
