If you're not sure whether you are a "pushover parent," or even knew such a designation existed, The Wall Street Journal's Tanya Rivero is here to help. In the WSJ video below, Rivero interviews Gigi Schweikert, an expert on parenting and child development, and the telltale signs for pushover parenting are pretty much what you'd expect: You don't say "no" enough; you act as though the world is revolving around the child; you do too many things your child should be doing for herself; and you might even blame other adults for your child's misbehavior.
But Schweikert isn't just suggesting you might have a problem; she also has some tips. Most of them seem pretty sensible, and some are quite helpful: Her explanation of "the non-choice choice," for example, and her solution for how to deal with a child halfway through a show he isn't supposed to be watching. Schweikert has a warning, too: Telling teenagers what to do requires more "finesse" than with toddlers, she says, and "that's why if you're the pushover parent now, you want to get better at it before they get older." Watch the interview below, and if it makes you cringe too hard, remember, it's OK to be a pushover parent every once in a while. Peter Weber
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