Category: Parenting

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Parenting

Why Are We Trying To Raise Obedient And ‘Good’ Children?

Children are known to be self-centred and honest because that is how they learn about the world they will grow up in. They are naturally inclined towards protecting their own safety, needs and desires and often end up ‘triggering’ the adults around them by stirring their emotions around their own unmet needs as individuals. When

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Parenting

Therapy Room Reflections #1: Conversations That May Resonate

Some things I said to my patients that might resonate with others too: As a parent, you’re usually trying to respond to your child/children’s needs. However, when your own emotional reserve is depleted, your behaviour can be more impulsive, reactive, and not what you genuinely want. That doesn’t make you a bad parent. Just a

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Parenting

A Fix Or A Crutch?

Children require unconditional emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial support, especially in their formative years. When we show preferences amongst our children based on certain criteria like academic performances, physical appearances, athletic skills, or creativity, we start to create a void and a complex in our children’s minds. The children who are given more suffer gravely

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