RESPECT AND RELATIONSHIPS…CHICKEN OR EGG?
RESPECT AND RELATIONSHIPS…CHICKEN OR EGG? by Yvonne Kelly, Stepfamily coach
Respect or Relationship – Chicken or Egg? Which does come first? If you
ask an adult the answer will probably be… respect is the foundation
of any good relationship – you can't have a relationship without
respect. If you ask a child, although you probably wouldn't, their
answer would depend on where they are at developmentally and their
level of understanding of what respect means. Children aren't born
knowing what respect means and look to adults to provide some role
modelling. They do know however, how important people and relationships
are to them; they are always on the look out for someone who sincerely
wants to have a relationship with them.
SA of NSW – 2006
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Now that we officialy exist we need to look at what we want to achieve.
I spent so time with Steve Martin of the Stepfamily Association of Victoria to have a look at what they have done.
Impressive, took 15 years to get to this point and a constant f…
