It’s an interesting theory.
A family therapist has said that parents are not responsible for their children’s actions.
Hal Runkel told Business Insider that “the greatest lie about parenting is that you are responsible for your kids.”
He explained that parents can only be responsible for their own actions and that what children choose to do is down to them.
Here’s his reasoning:
“Parents of teenagers are always frustrated with kids not taking responsibility for themselves. Not taking responsibility for their stuff.
Well, why should they take responsibility for themselves if you’ve always been taking responsibility for them?”
He goes on to say that parents are not responsible for their kids but rather that they’re responsible to them for their own choices as a parent.
“It’s not my job to manage my kid’s behavior. It’s my to help them to learn to manage their own behaviour,” he said.
“I am not responsible for what another person does. I’m responsible for what I do. And here’s why that’s great. It’s I’m actually in control of that. I can control how I behave. And it’s amazing when you stop trying to control how your children behave.”
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