2023-12-19 08:00:00
PSYCHOLOGY – We sometimes envy our child who has become this independent and sassy teenager. A slight heartache or a slightly heated rivalry, the consequences and remedies are not the same.
How proud we are when we realize that our growing adolescent is freeing himself more and more from our guardianship. He develops his own interests, asserts his opinions with passion (even stubbornness), perhaps discovers romantic feelings. Yes, but… This satisfaction of having helped him gain his independence is sometimes tinged with nostalgia, even a touch of envy. “Parents always want their children to do better than them,” notes Alain Braconnier, psychiatrist and co-author with Daniel Marcelli of the book Parents need love too (Odile Jacob). But a feeling of comparison or even jealousy can arise from the idea of what they themselves have not had or been able to achieve. Jealous of our own child, really?
Seeing your child become a young adult means giving up the dependent and loving child you raised, to face an adolescent who delights in debunking his parents and aspires to “of the…
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