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When Parenting Becomes an Endless Power Struggle

My teenager responds to everything I say with eye rolls and I find myself threatening to take away privileges constantly but nothing changes and we both hate it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Both parent and child are trapped in a behaviorist punishment-response cycle that erodes relationship and genuine learning.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Learning theories — behaviorism through constructivism?”

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