Sentences with phrase «destructive kind of conflict»

Contempt is the hardest, most negative, destructive kind of conflict.

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In their book Marital Conflict and Children: An Emotional Security Perspective, Cummings and colleague Patrick Davies from the University of Rochester identify the kinds of destructive tactics that parents use with each other that harm children: verbal aggression like name - calling, insults, and threats of abandonment; physical aggression like hitting and pushing; silent tactics like avoidance, walking out, sulking or withdrawing; or even capitulation — giving in that might look like a solution but isn't a true one.
The gimmicky references to real - life figures like David Bowie, Elvis Presley and Andy Warhol, all of whom appear in cameos, reeks of look - at - me desperation, while the fictional characters are so unlikeable — each one equally self - destructive and mired in some kind of hilariously manufactured conflict — that it's hard to know who you're supposed to be rooting for.
In their book Marital Conflict and Children: An Emotional Security Perspective, Cummings and colleague Patrick Davies from the University of Rochester identify the kinds of destructive tactics that parents use with each other that harm children: verbal aggression like name - calling, insults, and threats of abandonment; physical aggression like hitting and pushing; silent tactics like avoidance, walking out, sulking or withdrawing; or even capitulation — giving in that might look like a solution but isn't a true one.
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