She never implies that the bedtime problems have arisen from poor or weak parenting skills; rather, she is encouraging, motivating, and empathetic. (sortacrunchy.net)
Such «character problems» sometimes stem from homes where weak parents mistook permissiveness for love and were unable to maintain stable limits or dependable discipline. (religion-online.org)
Cassidy and Berlin suggested that adequate peer relations mediate a link between weak parent attachments and loneliness in children [45]. (capmh.biomedcentral.com)