Parenting

Parent Traps

• Anger

• Rage

• Controlling

• Rescuing

• Criticizing

• Arguing

• Inconsistence

• Lying

• Insight (Lecturing)

• Teenage Retirement (not learning, not earning)

•  Parental Disunity

•  Conditional Love

•  Scapegoating..placing wrongful blame on child

• Surrogate Spouse

• Holding Grudges

•  Favoritism

•  Using Excessive Punishment

•  Nagging

•  Bait Phrases

•  The Quick Fix

•  Not Using Rewards and Punishments Properly

Correct Principles

• Unconditional Love

• Free Choice

• Accountability

• Consequences

• Pleasure/Pain

• Work

• Contracts

• Family Government

• Obedience

• Individual Value

•  Unconditional Acceptance

•  Human Needs

•  Five Parental Responsibilities

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