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Often parents who are enablers, are addicted to the helping... this is due to their own self esteem issues, self trust issues, unresolved core wounds, conflict avoidance problems, poor communication...and more. Their "help" is often hurting the child further. The over focus on the child is the problem. The parent needs to focus on their own unresolved issues & stop trying to manage, control, fix, "help"...and realize that they have maladaptive strategies. The parent is not a "rescuer" a "martyr", but usually codependent and unhealthy too. That needs to change. It's not that the title is wrong, but that you seem to have tunnel vision and fixated on "helping the addicted child"...which is ironically the very problem that enabling parents have.
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This ok for some parenting advice, but i do not see where this has anything to do with the title. Where is the advice to help the addicted child?
This is crucial information for parents to know and implement. The video is focused on prevention of addiction, I believe.
Often parents who are enablers, are addicted to the helping... this is due to their own self esteem issues, self trust issues, unresolved core wounds, conflict avoidance problems, poor communication...and more.
Their "help" is often hurting the child further. The over focus on the child is the problem. The parent needs to focus on their own unresolved issues & stop trying to manage, control, fix, "help"...and realize that they have maladaptive strategies. The parent is not a "rescuer" a "martyr", but usually codependent and unhealthy too.
That needs to change.
It's not that the title is wrong, but that you seem to have tunnel vision and fixated on "helping the addicted child"...which is ironically the very problem that enabling parents have.