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Mother's Emotional Influence On Child

A mom's support helps a child learn to handle negative emotions, but what if mom is distressed? When children become upset, showing negative emotions or behaviors, some parents become distressed, while others are able to talk their child through the difficult situation. Studies have shown that a mothers' reaction -- positive or negative -- to her child's negative emotions can predict whether her child develops the ability to effectively regulate his emotions and behavior. A new study explores potential predictors of mothers' supportive or non-supportive behavior during emotional challenges. Source 7i.

Child Influence Emotional Mothers

I can see this with the way some people are growing up nowadays. With some people never having a good role model growing up they are not able to handle a meltdown when their child ones and therefore you have children that have no idea of how to handle things that do not go their way. Many people need to figure this out to help their children through emotional things.