Broken Home: Home Life Impacts Your Child’s Success

Most parents want their child to succeed to ensure that they have stability in life and reach their full potential. Although the type of education that children receive is important, children obtain most of their success from their home life. There are a few ways to understand how a child’s life at home will set them up to succeed or can cause them to fail.

1. Develops Security.  Children who have a healthy home life with strong relationships with their family members will feel secure as they go out into the world. This allows them to have a support system and to feel empowered to dream big with their personal and professional goals.

It’s important for a parent to nurture the child’s strengths and passions to ensure that they understand who they are and that they have unique qualities that make them an individual. It’s easy to get caught up in work, bills, and other time consuming priorities. But as you make your child your number one priority, they will feel that sense of belonging and safety that is so important to their growth.

2. Determines Personal Values. The home is where children begin to form their values, which can include succeeding in school to helping other people in life. The example and lessons that are established by the parents will allow them to obtain the same set of values, making it important to stress the importance of studying hard and setting personal goals. As a single parent, it can be hard to find the time to instill these types of values when you have limited time yourself. Always encourage them to look outward and search for the needs others might have. Get them involved in extracurricular activities that promote teamwork and unity.

3. Develops Self-Confidence. Children first obtain their self-confidence in the home at an early age and look to their parents to encourage them with who they are as an individual. If children are verbally abused or are emotionally neglected, they’ll have a lack of confidence with how they approach education and their career. If children are emotionally or physically abused, it’s important to seek professional help from someone with a degree in social work to ensure that the kids are cared for. Reach out to surrounding family members and trusted friends if the need arises.

4. Provides a Perspective on the Outside World. Children’s view of the outside world begins with how they are raised and how safe they feel in the home. Parents who have a constant fear of the world will make it difficult for children to thrive while those who encourage children to take on new challenges can feel more equipped to explore and travel. Allow your home, and your love, to be a safe haven for a long day of weathering the storms of life. Never shelter them from the experiences they will learn from doing hard things.

Always be there for them to come home to. Although there are a number of factors that ultimately determine your child’s success, the home life is the most important part that influences how much they accomplish and how well they develop. By creating a safe and nurturing environment, children will feel equipped and qualified to succeed with their academics and emotional well-being.

By Meghan Belnap / Blogger, Researcher and Freelance Writer

Meghan Belnap is a freelance writer who enjoys spending time with her family. She loves being in the outdoors and exploring new opportunities whenever they arise. Meghan finds happiness in researching new topics that help to expand her horizons. You can often find her buried in a good book or out looking for an adventure. You can connect with her on Facebook right here and Twitter right here.