The Good Parent

I had all my hopes pinned on those consequences of mine. I thought that if I only worked harder to “consequence” her bad behaviour then she would learn to do what she was told and would avoid getting a bad reputation as a “bad child”.

If I am honest, I was also worried about getting a reputation myself as a bad parent. The “good parent” in me made sure that I insisted on good behaviour from my child so that I would not get into trouble with other adults over her behaviour. The only problem was all that discipline was not making her the “good” child I wanted to see. It only seemed to be making problems worse. Her bad behaviour was escalating and our relationship was slowly deteriorating. I had to face the fact that discipline was not working.