It seems clear that we have different opinions and viewpoints. It also seems to me that it's necessary to have some common interest or goal if we are to have a discussion about those differences. Back to the title of this thread, then. Does that question interest you? I don't expect that we would have the same opinions or ideas. In fact, it would be pretty uninteresting to me if we did! I'm looking for a solution or an approach toward a solution that I don't have an answer to.

So far, maybe what I've heard is everybody should go to assertiveness training. Or maybe DBT. Is that a fair statement of where you are coming from?