‘I am telling you for the last time now that you cannot go out and play. Please do your homework, yelled the mother of a 12-year-old as he insisted on playing more outside.
She later added and said, ‘This is the only way he listens to me, and I have no other option but to shout! I don’t like that, but what can I even do?’
Most mothers are seen having this conversation often. This may seem like a usual day in a parent’s life but these conversations with the children can instil rebellious behaviour in them.
