Posted by Noa on February 5, 2000, at 12:37:27
In reply to inferiority complex, posted by amanda s on February 5, 2000, at 11:31:39
I don't know what your husband means by "spoiled" but a lot of times, I think kids who seem to get their way don't start out with parents who "spoil" them. It is just that they are very anxious kids who flip out when routines are changed or they have to adapt and adjust to something, so they start to get oppositional with their parents and their parents feel incompetent, so they start to avoid battles of any kind, and the viscious circle goes on and on. If the anxiety problem is identified early, some or most or the cycle could be prevented from developing and getting ingrained as part of the family's way of being.
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