When Anger, Disappointment and Expectations Ruin Good Relationships

It seems as though we have all disappointed our parents. Whether it was in failing to achieve the goals they had for us, or something much more sinister, is beside the mark. We failed to live up to their expectations. Then it became our turn to be the parent. Try as we might we attempted not to load up our kids with expectations. And then we learned some of these expectations were natural, since we wanted the best for them. Only later did we find outside how much pressure these expectations foisted upon them. We experienced guilt. They, like we, did their reasonable best to meet these expectations. However whoever

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