Parenting Mistakes That Make Your Grown Kids Pull Away
Dwelling on the past
If your child was shy/bossy/chubby in the past, leave it in the past. When she takes an extra cookie at lunch today, she doesn’t need you to remind her she was overweight when she was young. If she isn’t ready to ask a man out, she doesn’t need you announcing, “You’ve always been shy.” She wants to leave some of her embarrassing past behind. Doesn’t everyone?