About “Sometimes I Don’t Like My Child” by Pat Fonda
Many parents silently admit to themselves, “I love my child… But sometimes I can’t stand him/her.” It’s a source of pain and guilt and if the conflict isn’t resolved, it can quickly escalate and seriously damage the relationship.
In the run-up to the holiday season this is a good time to fix the problem because improving your relationship with this child is arguably the best gift you can give him/her for the long run.
Here’s why:
According to author and therapist Robin Norwood, bad marriages in adulthood start in childhood, with impaired parent-child relationships; with parents who are emotionally unavailable to their kids. For girls, this leads to relationship addiction… they get addicted to the pain and familiarity of an unrewarding relationship.
In today’s climate where both parents work this problem is quite common because the act of juggling work and family can easily lead to a situation where kids feel isolated and emotionally unattached to their parents. Parents are getting less and less time to be one-on-one with their kids.
This situation causes dysfunction in families, and in these dysfunctional families, children quickly learn that good behavior or even quiet, self-directed behavior rarely gets the attention of overloaded parents.
In short, you could argue that poor parenting due to modern living is the cause of defiant, or oppositional bad behavior in our children. Arguably, the cause of the high rates of divorce as well…
“Sometimes I Don’t Like My Child offers new insights on how to fix this problem, greatly improve relations between parent and child, and stop the pain and guilt parents secretly feel.
The book will be free on Amazon from 29th Nov to 4th Dec.
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Author Bio:
Pat Fonda is a mother and writer. She has made it her mission to help parents raise happy, resilient kids and robust families. Her talent is looking at a problem in 3-D and researching to write actionable self-help guides such as this one on rebuilding a happy, healthy relationship with a kid you sometimes don’t like, to ensure that this kid goes on to be successful, happy, and fulfilled. And for the parents to end the pain and guilt.