AITAH for Exploding at My Coworker Who Overstepped by ‘Disciplining’ My Child at Work BBQ?
Scroll down to read the whole story and conversation with conscious parenting coach Blanka Molnar, who kindly agreed to share her insights on disciplining kids that aren’t your own.
Many parents don’t appreciate when other people try to discipline their kids
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Just like this mom who, after witnessing her coworker scold her child went full on mama bear mode
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In most cases, disciplining someone else’s child is absolutely inappropriate, the expert says
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Conscious parenting coach Blanka Molnar tells us that in most cases, disciplining someone else’s child is absolutely inappropriate. “Nobody knows you, your parenting style and principles, or your child’s situation, needs, etc.”
However, there are certain scenarios where disciplining by somebody else becomes necessary, says Molnar. “Situations like when somebody’s safety is at risk, when the disciplining person is in a caregiver role, or when there is a clear agreement and consent between the parents and the person disciplining,” she explains.
Aside from these, individuals should typically refrain from telling off children that aren’t their own. However, some people feel entitled to discipline other people’s kids due to cultural or generational norms, lack of boundaries, feeling emotionally triggered or involved in the situation, feeling obliged to express their own values, or acting as an assumed authority in the heat of the moment, suggests Molnar.
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