WHERE DOES RESPECT BEGIN ?

DISRESPECT IS REALLY A SYMPTOM OF A DEEPER PROBLEM GOING ON WITHIN A YOUNGSTER. ANGER OR GUILT IS USUALLY AT THE ROOT. OFTEN A PARENT WILL NOT EVEN BE AWARE THAT THEIR CHILD IS ANGRY AT THEM BUT NOTICE A CHANGE IN THEIR ATTITUDE, AND ARE NOT SURE WHERE ITS COMING FROM. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES THIS ANGER AND ULTIMATELY THE DISRESPECT FOR THE PARENT.

A CHILD WILL BEGIN TO LOSE RESPECT FOR A PARENT, TEACHER OR AN ADULT IN AUTHORITY WHEN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING IS TAKING PLACE :

• INCONSISTENT DISCIPLINE

• AN IMBALANCE EXISTS BETWEEN RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE HOME AND LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

• BROKEN PROMISES

• WHEN PARENTS SHOW A LACK OF LOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER THE CHILDREN BEGIN TO TAKE SIDES IN THE FAMILY.

• WHEN A PARENT DOES NOT ADMIT WHEN THEY ARE WRONG ..... AND THEY KNOW THEY’RE WRONG.