Recommendations for those who find it difficult to maintain their parental authority.
Building an equal relationship with a child as with a close friend, we often find ourselves in difficulty: after all, we don’t want to upset a friend, and it’s also somehow embarrassing to conflict with him. Many adults are afraid to contradict their children, they understand coercion only as violence and confuse authoritarianism with necessary authority. No, parents and children are not equal, insists French psychologist-practitioner Madeleine Denis, adults have more rights and more responsibilities to children. When caring for a child, parents are responsible for his life and have the right to establish their own requirements and prohibitions. Not to “dictate conditions”, but to clearly formulate reasonable restrictions (attention: there should not be many of them!) and demand — benevolently, consistently — the implementation of these rules. For those who find it difficult to maintain their authority, the recommendations of Madeleine Denis will come in handy. Describing situations when the behavior of a child (from one to 10 years old) becomes unacceptable, Denis suggests how parents should react to such antics. She draws a line between what can be discussed and what cannot be discussed, shows how to trust a child and at the same time avoid situations that are dangerous to his life and health.
Clever, 192 p.