My seven year old keeps melting down when we practice piano and I either yell at her or give up completely and I feel like I am failing her as a parent and a teacher.
More people experience this than they realize.
The parent is caught between behaviorist control methods and permissive collapse, missing the constructivist path of understanding the child's learning process.
“Where Are You with Learning theories — behaviorism through constructivism?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.