"Nobody Appreciates What I Do." Overprotection as a Family Problem.

Schleifer, Maxwell J., Ed.

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ERIC Number: EJ435914

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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"Nobody Appreciates What I Do." Overprotection as a Family Problem.

Schleifer, Maxwell J., Ed.

Exceptional Parent, v21 n5 p50-52 Jul-Aug 1991

In counseling sessions, a family with an adolescent son who has physical and academic problems comes to realize that each parent feels unappreciated for his or her efforts and that the father is overprotecting his son by not permitting him to solve his own problems and make his own decisions. (JDD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Disabilities, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Fathers, Individual Development, Marriage Counseling, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Counseling, Parent Role, Problem Solving, Self Actualization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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