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  • A Sense of Guilt (9-22-2011)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    Sometimes parents can make matters worse after a divorce by being too lenient with their children.

    A frustrated step-father called to ask me for help.  His step-son was being abusive and defiant.  But no matter what he did to reign in the boy, his mother kept bailing him out and defending him.  Clearly the boy was milking the divorce for all it was worth and his mom went right along with it.

    When a family splits, it is no time to be lax in parenting.  In fact, the more the rules can be laid out and remain consistent, the more stability will be felt by the children in a time otherwise filled with confusion, change and instability.


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