#labels

#labels

One of the most valuable things parents can do for their children is simply avoid labeling them, McManne said. Labels hurt the parent-child relationship because they get in the way of parents seeing their children as struggling and needing help. Parents start to link certain behaviors with whatever label they've given to their child, rather than digging in and really trying to understand what's happening developmentally. "Labels take us further out of compassion and curiosity," McManne said.