Parents often give children everything they ask for and do what they like. Is it good for children? What are the consequences when they grow up?

Indulging

children

has become a common parenting problem in many modern families. From a short-term perspective,

this

practice may slow down the process of

children

developing essential life

skills

. From a long-term standpoint,

this

may cause a sense of overdependence among

children

. In the short term, it is possible that over-indulgence causes some delay to the process in which

children

learn important life

skills

.

This

can be seen in a variety of age groups, ranging from toddlers to teenagers. In Vietnam,

for example

, many over-caring

parents

spoon-feed their

children

until they are five or six, the developmental stage in which they should have already been able to eat independently. It is a common practice that

parents

assist their preadolescent

children

in taking a bath or a shower. These

children

,

as a result

, may fail to acquire basic personal hygiene

skills

at the right time. In the long run, the consequences are even direr as over-indulged

children

grow up. If

parents

satisfy all the needs of their

children

unconditionally, they may inadvertently make the

children

become over-reliant on them. When these

children

enter adulthood, the inability to live independently can cause some difficulties for them to maintain their

overall

well-being,

such

as not knowing what to do when they catch a fever. It is

also

a problem that over-indulgent

parents

are often lenient and do not require

children

to face the consequences of their misbehaviour.

This

deprives

children

of the opportunities to learn from mistakes, which may cause their problem-solving

skills

to be severely lacking in the future. From the issues outlined above, one can conclude that overindulgence may produce a number of unfavourable effects on

children

, including the delay in gaining crucial life

skills

such

as self-feeding and the long-term consequence of lacking the ability to cope with problems as adults in the future. It is recommended that no

parents

should overindulge their offspring.