Naturally, stepparents become very upset when their stepchildren are disrespectful to them. The truth is, a child may never respect their stepparent, but they have to know they can’t get away with being rude or obnoxious. Therefore, you and your spouse need to be united ...
If your child is exaggerating a story, you might ask, “I was interested in your story, and then it seemed like you started to add things to it that weren’t true. Can you tell me why you decided to do that?” Now I realize you may not get a great answer from your child. From...
Do you take your child's behavior as a sign of disrespect, even though your child doesn't mean it that way and is just upset about something? (This is often a sign that you felt disrespected as a child yourself, or that you feel disrespected now in some part of your life.) Once we...
Most likely, the hardest part about your situation is that you don’t want to see your grandchild suffer.Your daughter is an adult. Even though you don’t want your daughter to struggle, you probably would not have as many qualms about forcing her out on her own if she was alone. Gran...
In some cases, adult children end up dependent on their parents well into adulthood due to self-esteem issues or lack of life skills. Your son may doubt his own ability to handle challenges that arise, so he automatically turns to you for solutions. Raising a confident child who believes in...
If I went to a friend's hous e I woul d always call their parents Mr. an d Mrs., I woul d never hav e said, "Hi Jean, what ar e we having for tea? "Nowadays, children us e your first nam e from a young age. I can't think of on e occasion when my daughters'frie...
“I don’t like when you speak to me like that, but I can see that you’re upset and I do also care about what’s going on for you. Tell me more about ….. “ “Please don’t grab the toy from your baby sister. It looks like you don’t like when the baby plays with your...
When you truly feel sorry for someone or something and know that an apology will make you feel better or at the very least relieve your guilt. When you truly feel sorry for something important or when you know you did something wrong that you regret, such as stealing your friend’s favori...
Who else can you talk to like this?” It helps to know all this, if we're struggling to cope with anger. Just as important, because it gives us incentive to control ourselves, we need to know that parental anger can be harmful to young children. What Happens to Your Child When You ...
The more you try to step out of ‘your place’, the more a toxic person will call on toxic behaviour to bring you back and squash you into the tiny box they believe you belong in. It is likely that toxic people learned their behaviour during their own childhood, either by being ...