I just had to "force" a mom to hold her child's hand to the car instead of picking her up. DCG doesn't want to be picked up but mom has major control over everything she does which contributes to so many issues, especially anger from DCG towards her mom. Mom flat out told me "she refuses to hold my hand" so I showed her how to create expectations for the child "Hold mommies hand or mommy will have to pick you up". I reiterated to her that if she didn't hold moms hand she was going to be picked up and guess what? she held her hand the whole way!!

A lot of parents just want control at the expense of the child's normal development and boundary testing.

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