The "Mutual Respect" Approach to Child Guidance

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Children's emotional problems generally occur, when they are not organically determined, because the attitude balance in the parent-child relationship has been disturbed. As physicians we daily see disturbances in electrolyte, acid-base, or nutritional balance which result in symptoms. Persistent behavior problems in children are the result of an imbalance also, but the imbalance is not in the body tissues but in the close feeling bond between the child and those close to him in his family. In order to determine imbalances in parent-child relationships, we must first closely define a balanced relationship. The optimum balance is one of mutual respect. A mutual respect balance exists when each member of the relationship is respected in his right to practice the skills and pursue the satisfactions of his age level until that pursuit in-fringes on the right of the others to do the same. At the point of infringement limits are

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