If a parent has a low self esteem their child is also likely to have low self esteem. The low self esteem parent might a lot to prove try to do for his child to prove to himself that he's worthy.
There a drastic difference between a child observing: "Mommy hugs me because she read in a book that good mothers hug their children and she wants to prove to herself that she's a good mother and Mommy hugs me because she loves me".
On paper the women who spents a lot of energy into doing the stuff that good mothers are supposed to do is doing more for their child then a mother who's not investing that much energy because she's more secure in herself. Being secure in herself increase the chance that she will do the right things at the right time signal her self confidence to the child. A child who sees that her mother is self confident than has also a reason to believe that everything is alright.
As far as studies go, unfortunately I don't keep good records on what information I read from what sources :( (I would add that hugging is an example I use here to illustrate the point instead of refering to specific study about hugging)
If a parent has a low self esteem their child is also likely to have low self esteem.
Yes... and studies show that this is largely due to genetic similarity, much less so to parenting style.
Being secure in herself increase the chance that she will do the right things at the right time signal her self confidence to the child.
Which still means that it boils down to what the mother does.
The thing is, no one can see what you "are" except by what you do. Your argument seems to be "doing things for the right reason will lead to doing the act...
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