Calling Your Daughter An Idiot? Supernanny Gives Rude Mom Advice On How To Change Communication With Kids

October 11, 2018

When dealing with children, it is easy for mothers or caregivers to overstep boundaries with children and act aggressively. While one may consider this a normal part of raising kids, the effects of harsh communication with children can have harmful long-lasting impacts.

Did you call your daughter an idiot?

In a recent episode of Supernanny, a mother, struggling to get her kids calm before bed, called her daughter an 'idiot' in an act of rage. When star nanny saw the video, she expressed her shock and gave advice on how the mother can avoid the common form of child abuse. Her advice emphasized that aggressive language and behavior towards children are harmful to the development of children and that her concerns can be corrected through effective communication.

What are the effects of harsh treatment toward your child?

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While the effects of harsh treatment can be hard to identify earlier in life, such forms of abuse have significant harmful impacts on children and young people. The most common effects include emotional scars such as feelings of hopelessness, misery, and hate as well as physical scars that would be evidenced through broken bones, bruises, and even death.

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Other dominant effects of child abuse include negative impacts on future well-being, as children suffering from abuse are likely to suffer from drug abuse and low educational attainment. Also, abused children are hard to care for, as their families can be unsure of the best ways to support and raise them. These examples reveal that indeed, child abuse has extensive impacts that might affect a child’s development, a fact that calls for the adoption of better strategies.

Supernanny advises mothers to spend more time with kids to avoid abuse

Statistics reveal that every year, 3.6 million referrals involving more than 6.6 million children are made to child protection agencies. Whereas these statistics are shocking, the unfortunate trend can be changed if parents spend more time with their kids and enjoy it.

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According to Supernanny, kids rebel or misbehave if they consider this as the only way to attract their parent's attention. However, when parents do some enjoyable activity with their children, they get to connect and with time, the playful action establishes a channel of communication that develops trust and with time, respect.

After following Supernanny’s advice, the mother realized that her children were happier and they could speak to her directly with no fear of abuse. Ultimately, by spending more time with kids, abuse can be avoided as the child’s confidence and trust in the parent is built as they get to know and understand them.