A Simple Parenting Question Will Help You Differentiate Between “Monitoring” and “Intervening”
Adlerian psychology will help you identify what the right path is for you and your kids.
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6 min readApr 25, 2021
Adlerian Psychology
Alfred Adler developed Adlerian psychology/psychotherapy.
It’s tough to bring the Adlerian psychology in just a few paragraphs, but the book The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga helped me grasp the high winds.
Following are the key takeaways from Adlerian psychology:
- All problems are interpersonal relationship problems,
- People can change and be happy from this moment onward, and
- The problem is not one of ability but of courage.
Adlerian psychology does not rely on “causes” but rather on present “goals.”
In addition to all the book's perspectives helped me bring into my life, one question pushed me to redefine how I look at my kid's relationship. But before I jump to that question, I want to ask myself and you this question:
Are you and I pushy parents?
Imagine the kid is going through a hard time. Not spending enough time on…
