| This situation may sound familiar - you are a busy | | | | more and more demanding, expecting to always get |
| executive, or a working single mom, or simply a parent | | | | their way, and even picking fights with other children. |
| that is busy with the demands of life. Maybe you feel | | | | But if you allow the child to carry this attitude into their |
| guilty because you don't spend as much time with your | | | | adult life, they will usually end up as a person that is |
| child as you think you should. Whatever the reasons | | | | unable to function appropriately in the normal give and |
| are, you've developed the habits of a permissive | | | | take that health relationships (and society in general) |
| parent. | | | | require. Other people will resent them for wanting |
| A permissive parent over indulges a child, caves in to | | | | more than their fair share. They may find they are |
| whatever the child wants, and tries to buy or bribe to | | | | having difficulties not just with personal relationships, but |
| get good behavior. Many parents often start this | | | | also in professional work-related relationships. |
| behavior justifying it as wanting to give their child all the | | | | Taking the time to learn about the different styles of |
| best things in life. Unfortunately, these indulgences begin | | | | parenting, and ways to establish and maintain effective |
| to create an attitude of entitlement on the part of the | | | | boundaries will not only improve the quality of your |
| child, which sets them up for becoming a "brat". | | | | relationship now, but will prepare your child to have |
| This attitude often presents itself by children becoming | | | | healthy adult relationships as well. |