Crimean psychologist explained how to protect personal boundaries in communication with parents

Family psychologist Anna Antonets on the air of Radio Crimea told how to defend personal boundaries in communicating with the older generation.

According to her, first it is necessary to assess the circumstances. If a person is visiting a parent, then his instructions about order are not a violation of borders, but the will of the master. Another thing is when a mother comes to the house of an adult child and dictates how to raise children. Borders have been broken and they need to be restored.

The psychologist advises to mark the boundaries calmly and clearly: thank for the advice, but emphasize your position. If words do not help and the situation repeats, you can try to distance yourself by changing the place and duration of meetings, replacing live communication with correspondence to maintain communication, but make it clear that the previous format is not suitable.