October is Domestic Violence Awareness

Most if not all perpetrators experienced unsupportive and harmful parenting.

There are several basics of parenting that if not followed contribute to the formation of a narcissistic personality.

1.  Support children's healthy development by not excusing or making excuses for their poor behavior.

2.  Support children's healthy development by allowing them to experience the logical consequences of their actions...if it's safe.

3.  Support children's healthy development by not lying for them.

4.  Avoiding bribery supports children's healthy development.

5.  Allowing children to make mistakes and seeing to it they learn from them supports their healthy development.

6.  Teaching children how to do things for themselves rather than doing everything for them supports their healthy development.

7.  Agreeing on reasonable consequences and carrying them out when it's called for supports children's healthy development.

A new kind of parenting education that reaches everyone, everywhere would go a long way toward preventing domestic violence.