Limits in childhood and adolescence - Ángela Nakab, Pediatrician, CABA

Why do we talk so much about limits? Why is it sometimes so difficult for us to implement them even when we are clear about it?

Is it necessary to agree on standards?

Why do we sometimes reach the limit of our patience?

During upbringing we teach respect for other people

We start from the idea that if a child feels respected, he learns to respect himself, which is where respect for others comes from.

Limiting means ordering, marking spaces and times, differentiating between the child and adult worlds, setting boundaries.

This allows the boy and girl to achieve the mental organization of the temporal-spatial, as well as to locate themselves as a subject in the familiar and extra-familial world, to find their place as a child and thus be able to adapt their behavior.

That is why it is important to highlight the importance of affection in parenting, the concept of respectful parenting, the basis of a happy boy or girl, which will allow adequate psychological development.

This model of emotional and humanized parenting is what the child eventually takes as his or her own, to carry out all future relationships and actions.

BENEFITS OF CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE BOUNDARIES

Protection and security They allow the development of social skills They stimulate the development of initiative They help to share and put oneself in the place of others They help to make decisions, They help to resolve conflictive situations They develop a sense of responsibility for actions They make it easier to manage their impulses and their consequences They help to tolerate frustration They help achieve standby capacityGive a reference