Up until the 1950s and 1960s the predominant approach was that of children being seen, but not heard. The authoritarian, whilst achieving the discipline required in developing ‘compliant’ children, runs the risk of producing adult children who do the right thing but have never been taught why i.e. the moral why. I believe that, contrary [...]
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Posted by Cristy on May 24th, 2009
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No Comments »Guilt
Posted by Cristy on December 17th, 2008
Guilt My mother has gotten worse and worse about using guilt and manipulation to try and control me as she has aged. When I grew up, it was always control issues having to do with me being fat or not loving her enough. As I have gotten older and gotten out on my own, she [...]
Posted in Motherhood Tags: coming home, discipline, feelings, food addiction, good measure, guilt trip, mail, manipulation, mother, pills, sick cats, three times 1 Comment »Meddling
Posted by Cristy on November 29th, 2008
Meddling I am a married mother of 3 children. I have 3 siblings (one is older the other two are younger). Myself and my older sibling are constantly dealing with our meddling mother and her controlling ways. She insists on running our lives and telling us everything we should or should not do with our [...]
My mother gets worse and worse
Posted by Cristy on October 20th, 2008
My mother has gotten worse and worse about using guilt and manipulation to try and control me as she has aged. When I grew up, it was always control issues having to do with me being fat or not loving her enough. As I have gotten older and gotten out on my own, she has [...]
Posted in Motherhood Tags: coming home, discipline, feelings, food addiction, good measure, guilt trip, mail, manipulation, mother, pills, sick cats, three times No Comments »Mother – Guilt and Manipulation
Posted by Cristy on October 14th, 2008
My mother has gotten worse and worse about using guilt and manipulation to try and control me as she has aged. When I grew up, it was always control issues having to do with me being fat or not loving her enough. As I have gotten older and gotten out on my own, she has [...]
Posted in Motherhood Tags: coming home, discipline, feelings, food addiction, good measure, guilt trip, mail, manipulation, mother, pills, sick cats, three times No Comments »
