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I think it's always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children.

As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn't control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing into someone who could take care of a toddler on his own may have caused me to overcompensate a little.

I think there's a lot of anxiety about being seen as a bad parent. There's still a lot of subjects that I think people aren't entirely comfortable being honest about.

Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.

Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.