He who sleeps with dogs wakes up with fleas
How to handle other parents expecting you to coerce their children when their children are visiting your home.
How to handle other parents expecting you to coerce their children when their children are visiting your home.
If you are a bystander when a parent is coercing a child, you have to let the child know that you disagree with the coercion, otherwise you become part of an adult conspiracy against the child. Maybe you can make a difference for them too.
The societal pressure on parents to control and coerce their children can be immense.
The rewards of taking children seriously far outweigh any difficulty and it does get easier over time.
The lazy person’s approach is coercing children into reluctant compliance, as opposed to taking the time to see to it that all parties are satisfied with the outcome of every interaction.