THE ROLE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATION IN OVERCOMING TOXIC PARENTING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD’S MENTAL HEALTH

Abstract

Abstract

Toxic parenting behavior has more negative impacts than positive ones, because the lack of children’s confidence is caused by parents who are too restrictive and limit every children's activity. The role of family communication in overcoming toxic parenting is very important for the future development of children. Parents often do not realize this, including being too controlling, yelling at children, committing verbal violence, blaming and criticizing children and comparing one child to another so that the children cannot develop according to their abilities but because of the wishes of parents which causes children often feel depressed. The obstacles faced in overcoming Toxic parenting for early childhood’s mental health are parents who are busy working so there is a lack of communication between parents and children which makes children limited in expressing their wishes. Uncontrolled parental emotions also have a bad effect on children's mental health. Controlling emotions is not easy. No matter how angry parents are with their children's behavior, they must realize that children and parents are learning together.

Keywords: Family Communication, Toxic Parenting, Mental Health, Early Childhood