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Dr. Carol Ummel Lindquist has more than 30 years of experience in couple counseling and trauma therapy. A board-certified and licensed Clinical Psychologist, she runs her private practice in Laguna Beach, California.Dr. Lindquist graduated from Miami University in Psychology Magna Cum Laude and received her Ph.D. from theUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her additional training includes couples therapy from the Couples Institute in Menlo Park, an externship in Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and another externship at the Masters and Johnson Institute.Her book, Happily Married with Kids, It’s NOT just a fairy tale, focuses on how couples can strengthen their bond after having children. She has published papers on assertiveness, domestic violence, and social skills training.
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Parenting is not always easy. Most parents don’t want to be too strict with their children, but they also want them to grow up disciplined and responsible. However, some parents choose authoritarian parenting and expect their children to follow the rules without compromise. Such parents become disciplinarians and often fail to see things from a child’s point of view and get too harsh with their children. In this post, we discuss the authoritarian parenting style and its impact on children. [mj-toc] What Is Authoritarian Parenting? Authoritarian parenting is characterized by high demandingness (expectations) and low responsiveness (meeting the child’s wants and interests). It focuses on obedience, discipline, and control, and is often perceived as tyrannical, providing little nurturance to the child. This style is also called autocratic parenting. It is one of the three parenting styles originally propounded by developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind in the 1960s (1). The other two styles are authoritative and [simple_tooltip text="permissive" tooltip="Accepting or tolerating something...
自恋型人格障碍(NPD)生产erized by a constant pattern of magnificence, their need for self-admiration or special treatment, and an illusion of lasting power or importance. Narcissistic children can cause problems in their relationships in the longer run. NPD is a much more complex and advanced mental condition when compared to only narcissism. About 50 to 75% of all people diagnosed with NPD are males (1). Untreated NPD in children may lead to several complications as children grow in age. Continue reading this post to learn about the signs, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and home-care for children with NPD. [mj-toc] What Is Narcissistic Personality Disorder? [caption id="attachment_876514" align="alignnone" width="720"] Image: Shutterstock[/caption] When a personality disorder is related to a person’s immense love for oneself, self-admiration and importance and one’s own requirements, desires and well-being, it is called narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) (1). The child becomes self-absorbed, may have a superiority complex, and believe they deserve to be treated better...