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Originally Posted by ossiblue
You have just given us the whole story^^
This is not a business issue--that is just a symptom. This is the result of a long-time family dynamic that has produced an irresponsible adult-child and which continues to enable such behavior. You parents, for whatever reason, never allowed your sister to accept failure or responsibility for her mistakes. I would venture to guess that any difficulties in her life, while growing up, were always "somebody else's" fault and that claim was perpetrated and supported by your parents.
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It's tempting to believe this, but observation tells me this is both a nature and a nurture issue. A family close to me has two children, 30 and 35. Child A was
born behaving "maturely." Now has an advanced degree and on his way up the corporate ladder with a big salary and savings and retirement plans. Child B born in the same household, same parents, one year later, has always had poor impulse control and a conviction that she knows everything. Got pregnant at 20, married, three kids, divorced, always looking for someone to help her out,but will listen to no one's advice. Her kids - one was born behaving "maturely" and one has poor impulse control and is as hard headed as a rock. I think there is an element of genetics in the impulse control and stubbornness traits that is out of the hands of the parents. But I'm no expert.