7 ways parents harm their children without even realizing it

2. Emotional sabotage. 

It’s easy to fly-off-the-handle when one of our children isn’t listening or when they’re being careless or disobedient. Sometimes we’ll even use our emotions just to get a reaction from our kids. This is dangerous, because when we can’t control our emotional reactions to our children, we’re teaching our children that THEY are in control of our emotions (instead of teaching them that WE are in control of our own emotions). This can create  a longterm pattern of emotional dysfunction in the home.

#3 is one of the biggest causes of unnecessary stress and insecurity in modern families...