Why are caregiver protective capacities diminished?
It can be helpful to you when getting ready to reach a mutual agreement with a caregiver about where to begin to consider why or how protective capacities have become diminished. Some caregivers don’t know. One reason caregiver protective capacities might be diminished is the person simply doesn’t have the knowledge necessary to be a protective parent. The lack of knowledge may be related to limited information or limited experience. Some caregivers deny the reality of the world around them. Such denial need not be pathological in a mental disorder sense. Caregivers may deny realities in order to give themselves permission to conduct their lives as they choose. Some caregivers are unable to fulfill their essential needs. While the range of unmet needs may be somewhat extensive, fundamentally, you are likely to find among some caregivers that their diminished protective capacities are explained by their preoccupation with a couple of needs: (a) the need to love and be loved and (b) the
