Fear of failure in children

Fear of failure in children is quite common, they are afraid of being criticized or judged and in many cases so that this does not happen they try to avoid doing things, only out of fear failure. In addition, the fear of failure makes children feel anxious before doing an exam, when they do sports o

Fear of failure in children is quite common, they are afraid of being criticized or judged and in many cases so that this does not happen they try to avoid doing things, only out of fear failure.

In addition, the fear of failure makes children feel anxious before doing an exam, when they do sports or in any other circumstance. This will make children who are afraid of failure do not take risks, do not try everything they can do and do not achieve success just for fear of not achieving it.

Some causes that cause fear of failure

Some of the causes that can occur for children to be afraid are usually when they receive a negative perspective about what they do. Popular culture defines an unsuccessful person as someone without money, without abilities, without power, without prestige or physically unattractive ... and children can see it daily on television. Unfortunately in society a culture of fear and avoidance to failure is created and that if they do not follow the flow or if they stand out more than the account they will be condemned by the others. It can also happen that many parents fall into the error of pressuring their children to be perfect in everything, when perfection does not exist. Then the children see that if they fail it is a personal and social threat and that their own parents could stop loving them for who they are. What teaches failure to children

But children must understand that failure is part of life and that thanks to mistakes we can learn to be better, they can also strengthen the motivation to overcome the obstacles that caused the failure.

Children should see what they did wrong

to be able to correct the problem in the future

. They need to connect the consequences of mistakes in order to achieve greater effort, to realize they feel better and be able to do things differently. Failureteaches important life skills,

such as commitment, patience, determination, decision making and problem solving. It is necessary for parents to work so that children can respond positively to frustration and disappointment, only in this way can they learn from experience and in this way pursue their goals with determination. In addition, the failure will teach humility and gratitude for the opportunities they have ... for all this it is necessary that children do not fear failure and learn to see it as an opportunity for change and improvement (and parents too). But, keep in mind that excess failure can cause children to have self-esteem hit, so they also need success in order to have better motivation, build their confidence and see how effort always has its rewards.