YES!!!
It really gets to me when parents don't realise that the way that they raise their children is affecting how they interact socially, and how damaging it can be not to learn to interact socially at an early age.
A few years ago i lived with a family whose mother (D)r was the most generous and giving person, who was constantly taken advantage of by her friend Y. she would constantly asking her to babysit her child S. S was raised in a household with no men, which in its self isn't a problem. But she was so warned against men that she could not talk to D's husband when in the house. She just ignored him. It was horrible, she knew his had been in his company and had seen him interact with his own daughter. He found it incredibly frustrating as he knew the root of the problem was S's mother.
Sorry grammar and capitals are probably all over the place but I'm frustrated just thinking about this. It scares me to think what this child has grown up like.
(electrogirl no one thinks about the implications of a clown su, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 21:23, Reply)