Objectively Defining Socratic Parenting?

Not to say that parents who provoke their children to anger have the slightest motive of abuse—on the contrary, their intentions are almost always benign—consciously at least. We have to make sure—that the 'gentle,' the 'sweet,' the 'kindly,' the 'good' has its 'proper' opportunity—these are the things which must ultimately succeed over patterns of anger or criticism, which inevitably lead to new struggles, destabilize the entire household, and cause greater damage to the relationship. Provoking the child to become defiantly angry, argumentative, and withdraw, to injure, at times, beyond repair—a relationship that earlier was of great value to them—and even after years of effort in setting 'idealistic' standards, the 'autocratic' parent might come now to an impasse of beneficial influence on the child's development. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3ieSv6u