Nah. This is Dr. Spock style coddling and reenforcing problematic behavior. "Lets talk about it" will never sink in. A little tough love and telling them to stop feeling sorry for themselves is the correct course. A little bit of emotional jolting causes a chemical reaction in the brain that actually causes someone to learn.
You never change is also depense mechanism
Nah. This is Dr. Spock style coddling and reenforcing problematic behavior. "Lets talk about it" will never sink in. A little tough love and telling them to stop feeling sorry for themselves is the correct course. A little bit of emotional jolting causes a chemical reaction in the brain that actually causes someone to learn.