Sometimes all it takes is a ten-minute delay and the antics of a child who decides to wear pajamas to school for you to lose patience. Mustard goes for the nose, we yell that he’s a “first time pest” (at best) and dress him up a little. It’s the same when a teenager leaves a lot of dirty dishes in their room. Under the influence of anger, they ask him the rhetorical question. “But are you stupid or what?”
Once the tension has subsided, it’s time for regrets. But sometimes it’s hard to admit when you’re wrong. “Some parents think that apologizing will make them lose face, confirms Adrienne Blanc, a clinical psychologist at the Center for Medical Psychology and an author on child development. However, power is not authoritarianism. Admitting that we made a mistake, that something could be discussed, or that the exchange could have gone differently, gives more legitimacy to the parent. The child realizes that the person who approves…
Source: Le Figaro
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