Frances Vidakovic

When Bad Parents = Great Kids Frances Vidakovic

Many adults today have noted that their parents were less than perfect parents whilst growing up. But did we buckle under this inept parenting?Were we permanently scarred by this experience?Did we suffer forever due to their fault-filled parenting skills? Ah no. Most of us still believe we turned out to be great kids, more resilient and stronger than ever, despite our blemished childhoods. CONVERSELY there are kids who literally seemed to HAVE IT ALL and still grew up to be total ratbags. - They had more freedom than Madonna would know what to do with.- They got handed the keys to their first car the day they turned sixteen.- They lived in the biggest mansions.- They had the coolest, nicest parents.- They lived the dream life of every popular kid characterised in all the best teen movies - from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to "Clueless". And yet, somewhere along the line SOMETHING WENT WRONG. Not ALL THE TIME of course. But there are plenty "good" parents, who generously gave their kids the moon and stars, and were later left scratching their heads at the brats they spawned. WHEN BAD PARENTS = GREAT KIDS QUESTIONS THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESIS: IF: Bad parenting "supposedly" = bad kidsGood parenting "supposedly" = good kidsHow come it sometimes goes the other way? WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU THINK IS TERRIBLE ISN'T REALLY SO TERRIBLE? What if you can technically still be a good parent, even when society deems some of your parenting behaviors less than desirable?With over 300 pages, this book is for any parent who has ever wondered if their less-than-perfecting parenting skills may be causing permanent damage to their kids. It is also for any parent who needs to know the truth - that sometimes good-enough parenting is actually more-than-enough.