What helps and what hurts when parents aim to solve their teenager's problems. Here former GPS speaker Christine Carter highlights the work of another favorite GPS keynote Dr. Mike Riera as well as our Nov 14 GPS presenters (Self-Directed Child/The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Confidence, Purpose and Control) Ned Johnson and Dr. William Stixrud. Don't miss this special program at noon and repeated at 7pm. Details on this upcoming event at
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Years ago, an educator I respect a lot warned me that my teens would fire me as their "manager" if I didn't stop being so bossy.
I couldn’t imagine it. I thought that I’d always get to manage my children’s lives, at least while they were living under my roof. I should be promoted when my kids get older, I used to think, not fired.
But parents who are too controlling—those who don’t step down from their manager roles—breed rebellion. Many kids with micromanaging parents will politely agree to the limits their parents set with a “yes, sir” or “yes, ma’am” attitude, but then will break those rules the first chance they get. They do this not because they are bad kids, but because they need to regain a sense of control over their own lives.
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