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When a Parent's 'I Love You' Means 'Do as I Say'
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, children, parents, psychology, emotional wellness, interesting )

Dee
- 879 days ago - nytimes.com
More than 50 years ago, the psychologist Carl Rogers suggested that simply loving our children wasn't enough. We have to love them unconditionally, he said -- for who they are, not for what they do.
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Dee C. (93)
Monday September 14, 2009, 3:11 pm
"As a father, I know this is a tall order, but it becomes even more challenging now that so much of the advice we are given amounts to exactly the opposite. In effect, we’re given tips in conditional parenting, which comes in two flavors: turn up the affection when they’re good, withhold affection when they’re not."

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Catherine O Neill (69)
Thursday September 17, 2009, 10:24 am
How did we ever manage without all these Psychologists. I love my 4 Adult kids & my 5 Grandchildren Yes love is unconditional which IMO means I can love them but not like what they did.Children need to know there're certain consequences when their behavior warrants it.This builds character
 
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