Model the behavior she wants to see herself
The answer to this question is Permissive parents.
PErmissive parents tend to have a really low demand/expectation towards their children.
This make children tends to grow up without a figure that could teach them discipline, so they develop the tendency to act implsively and shownnor respect for boundaries.
The answer is George is going through the Generativity vs. Stagnation stage of psychosocial stage of development. Though in this scenario, George is leaning towards the Stagnation aspect because of the losses in his life and the feeling that he had accomplished nothing.