are more mature than most, you don’t have to create as many boundaries. Sure, you wish they were more respectful and did more around the house, but their lives are very stressful, and anything you can do to ease their pain is worth it. This positive parenting approach is often criticized by others. These critics say you don’t have a backbone and your children are taking advantage of you. Your amiable style of parenting is often the result of your own codependent tendencies and ensures that your dysfunction