Part 4  

 

Characteristics of a Support Parent

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Try to avoid using phrases like "you have to", "you must", or "your shouldn't". Instead use "these are options", "you may wish to", or "choices you have are"...

 

The belief that we know better than someone else how to resolve their issues, or are somehow better equipped to do so, leads us to intervene or try to 'rescue' them in a way which disempowers them and inhibits their ability to resolve it themselves.  

 

Help the other family to be empowered by talking through their issues. Sometimes, just through talking and being heard, they come up with their own solutions to challenges. 

 

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