Our children might have to interact with other adults that we wouldn’t like them to. Maybe we feel like these people are not the best influence on their lives. For example, we might be separated from the other parent, and we don´t feel comfortable with our kids spending time with them because of how they are like. When we can´t stop these people from spending time with our children, and we can´t get them to change how they act, it can be deeply frustrating. In these situations, the best thing to do is to try to be that good influence ourselves. By being that example of what a healthy relationship looks like, they will learn that there is something better and that they deserve to be treated like this.
Click our link below to listen to Kelli Stout, a therapist at the Children’s Justice Center in Provo, talk more about all of this.
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