Spanking Doesn’t Work And Drives Bad Behaviour Underground
Over the weekend, I witnessed a physical assault on a young child. You might not be surprised to know that he was with his parents at the time. I was in a store with my wife...
Emotional Incest Or Invasive Parenting… Call It What You Will, It Is A Terrible Form Of Child Abuse
Can you imagine what it is like for a child who is trying to work out how the world works, being dragged into the adult world before they are ready...
Positive Discipline : The importance of autonomy for children
As children grow older, they like to explore and push boundaries. What they are looking for is a sense of autonomy and self-confidence, an important cog in the wheel of development...
Punishment is not Discipline (Part 2) Considerations
When my daughter who is now 30 started crawling, we attended as a couple some parenting classes. This was supplemented by visits from the seminar leader to consolidate the theory in practice...
Punishment is not Discipline (Part 1)
The first weeks of a baby's life can be gruelling and tiring for the new parents. Some parents can be completely overwhelmed with this new life that is suddenly thrust upon them...
Conditioning Can Be Changed But It Takes Hard Work And Awareness
A client who has been coming to therapy for quite some time, recently had a revelation where she finally realised that her family had conditioned her as a child to believe that she needed to behave in a certain way...
The “Golden Child” Is An Abused Child… Simple
There are many articles around on the internet about all types of narcissism and the dangers of being in a relationship with someone who has these tendencies...
Why Most Codependents Are Women
The ideal woman for many men comes straight out of a codependent checklist. Many women are taught from an early age that they have to be a certain "way" around men...
How Your Mind Works Put Simply
I have just finished writing a series of codependency stories where I documented various aspects of situations people found themselves in and how different aspects of their character...
Codependency: The Impact Of Our Beginnings
Think about the following situations and the resulting behaviour...