Categories: Family Tips

Don’t Nag: Nurture To Develop Independence

HOW TO CREATE A DEPENDENT CHILD!

I believe I can best explain this through an example. I recently had two families in my office, both struggling with twelve and thirteen year old children who appeared sad and withdrawn. In order to get them out of bed, parents were engaged in an hour long process of repeatedly nagging and pushing and prodding, ultimately leading to yelling and threatening the children. Often, parents were taking the children to school after they …

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