I know a mother who initially showed up with stories about an impossible teenage daughter. This child would not listen to anything Mom said. Snotty attitude all the time—tone of voice, scowling face, taunting her siblings.
Mom got the Parenting Training primarily to learn some techniques for controlling her daughter’s behavior.
Oh, how little Mom understood. It wasn’t about a technique. There is no “technique” for raising a child.
The more Mom watched the Training, the more she realized that SHE had been doing everything wrong.
She called me, crying, and said, “I’m worthless as a mother. I’m the one who’s screwed them up.”
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