2. That? That right there? Is a red flag. Because LW is attributing the son's anger to a developmental stage, not to their behavior. LW may acknowledge that they did the damage, but they still see it as "for wanting the best for him and choosing the wrong way to express it," not "our values, sense of our child's worth, and parental behavior was totally fucked up." As long as LW wife continue to see this as just botched communication and not a completely inappropriate attempt to control their son's life, this isn't going to get better.
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1. Fuck. Off.
2. That? That right there? Is a red flag. Because LW is attributing the son's anger to a developmental stage, not to their behavior. LW may acknowledge that they did the damage, but they still see it as "for wanting the best for him and choosing the wrong way to express it," not "our values, sense of our child's worth, and parental behavior was totally fucked up." As long as LW wife continue to see this as just botched communication and not a completely inappropriate attempt to control their son's life, this isn't going to get better.