GrowthClimate Parenting: Series One - Part Two
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Tim Richards
By Tim Richards
Published on 07/27/2007
Parenting and Relationship Styles - What’s Yours?
GrowthClimate Parenting: Series One - Part Two
Parenting and Relationship Styles - What’s Yours?
Hosts: Kenneth H. Patey, Sharon Patey
Did you know that our beliefs become the filters through which we view everything that happens to us? In large measure, it is YOUR relationship styles that place filters in the minds of your children. How have you caused them to view the world? We’ll discuss the two most prevalent styles—Force Mode and Fairness Mode. Both are styles that involve manipulation and control. The only difference between the two is the severity of the control methods. Interestingly, BOTH contribute to the loss of self-worth in our children. And we turn out manipulators like ourselves, or children who are either resistant to us and what we are trying to accomplish, or children who are NON-resistant, subject not only to YOUR CONTROLS, but to the exploitive designs of anyone who recognizes their vulnerability. The goal ought to be to examine YOUR relationship style and to alter it where necessary. Change YOURS and you’ll change your children’s! You’ll also give the self-worth of your children a massive boost!
Did you know that our beliefs become the filters through which we view everything that happens to us? In large measure, it is YOUR relationship styles that place filters in the minds of your children. How have you caused them to view the world? We’ll discuss the two most prevalent styles—Force Mode and Fairness Mode. Both are styles that involve manipulation and control. The only difference between the two is the severity of the control methods. Interestingly, BOTH contribute to the loss of self-worth in our children. And we turn out manipulators like ourselves, or children who are either resistant to us and what we are trying to accomplish, or children who are NON-resistant, subject not only to YOUR CONTROLS, but to the exploitive designs of anyone who recognizes their vulnerability. The goal ought to be to examine YOUR relationship style and to alter it where necessary. Change YOURS and you’ll change your children’s! You’ll also give the self-worth of your children a massive boost!