Child/Parent Conflict

Symptoms:

Children with behavioral problems can cause conflict among parents and family. Such problems include acting out, destructive behaviors, or refusal to go to school. A child’s behavior sparks ongoing arguments and dissension with parents, weakening their effectiveness. Lack of boundaries, power and control. Child’s behaviors spread to community, adding stress to family. Child plays one parent against the other. Parents become angry at each other and escalate child’s behavior to more serious levels.

Therapy Solutions:

Parents work together as a team in making clear and firm decisions regarding discipline. Reduce and identify the child’s manipulative behavior and increase parent’s control. Improve copings skills and communication with all family members. Increase child’s responsibility and self worth to reduce negative attention. Also focus on Teen Counseling and Adolescent Counseling Houston.