Parent-Child Relationships
From “Kazenoko Letter” No.455 - December 2015
| We run two daycare centers for adults with intellectual disabilities,
providing support whilst respecting the independence of each individual.
It is very important for these individuals to have self-esteem, coming
from a place where they have had to live with warped emotions towards the
people around them due to their intellectual disabilities. Mr. A, who comes to one of our centers, started to become intensely violent a year ago. He is an only child and has often received punishment from his father since he was little. His parents don’t get along well and had fought often in front of him. It was obvious that this fighting was the source of his violence. We discussed this with his parents again and again, and they agreed to try not to have arguments in front of their child, despite their differences in thinking. But his violence continues even to this day. One of our staff who is facing this problem has mixed feelings. Her parents didn’t get along either, so she has bad memories from her childhood. She’d had the thought that she couldn’t last if she didn’t leave home. So, she decided to live by herself after she graduated from college. However, when she went out into the world, she noticed that she lacked the independence of living life with purpose. She realized from observing Mr. A that one big factor was that her father had often scolded her. She realized her own problems through joining Mr. A’s case meeting a couple of times at her workplace. And she started to change herself. Through these two cases, it is clear to see that nothing is worse to a child’s growth than parents not getting along and arguing in front of them. A child wishes for their parents, whom he wants to trust the most, to live in harmony. A child who has grown up in a warm and loving family and experienced emotional stability since they were little, will stake out an independent future by themselves. It is better not to give a child cause for anxiety and worry. |
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