Expert: Moms to blame for disrespectful kids

BOARDMAN

Telling a room filled predominantly with women that the biggest problem in American parenting these says is, well, women, might not seem the best way to win an audience. But that’s exactly how John Rosemond lifted off.

“And it’s a problem that only women can solve,” said Rosemond, a nationally syndicated parenting columnist and author of 14 best-selling books on parenting.

He spoke Saturday during a parenting seminar at Boardman High School, sponsored by The Vindicator, Vindy.com, 21 WFMJ-TV and Boardman High School.

Rosemond said too many modern mothers fail to establish emotional and physical barriers between themselves and their children, choosing instead to become so completely enveloped and involved in their children’s lives that it becomes difficult to separate them.

'Without boundaries, there is no respect,' he said.

Rosemond said too many moms now see their children as extensions of themselves. If her child is disciplined or gets in trouble in school, the mom perceives it as her own failure. Rather than addressing the problem with the child, the mother becomes defensive and lashes out at the teacher, principal or whoever raised the issue.

Read more on his theories in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.