Characteristics Commonly Found in Families That Produce Children with Highly Actualized Potential and Self-Esteem

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By B. Clark

Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall

Parents accept their children as individuals, are loyal sources of support, and openly express acceptance.
Parents set clear limits based on each child's ability to understand consequences; goals are clear; success is expected as a right of the child, not of the parent.
Parental guidance is reasonable, realistic, and appropriate to each child.
The family tends to be liberal and flexible, but not permissive.
The family is aware of the environment and relates tot he environment in a caring, protective way. Children are helped to see their part in the natural order and to respect this unity.
Parents are relatively self-assured and are on good terms with one another; they accept the responsibility for their own actions.
Parents lead active lives outside the family and do not rely on their families as the sole or necessarily major source of gratification and esteem.

Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School
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Excerpt from Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School, by B. Clark, 2008 edition, p. 146.

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