…with. A parent might decide they aren’t going to bother trying anymore in order to avoid conflict altogether, instead of responding to what does and doesn’t work in the relationship….
…a young child suddenly realizes that bad things can happen to those he or she is attached to. Something might have already happened such as grandma getting sick. Or the…
…meant to be rigid, closed in spaces, as some rituals can unintentionally become – but rather, sacred spaces… protected enough to keep out anything that might compete with the relationships…
…elementary grades. Even though part of me enjoyed it, I also felt uncomfortable, feeling as though I might fall of the pedestal at any moment and expose my imperfection. What…
…missiles. (She looked just like the iconic schoolteacher in Calvin and Hobbes.) That was the ‘good old days!’ Today, a frustrated adult might exclaim: “What is wrong with you?!” or…
…never allow their child to be treated like this. I think if a child in Zaire was treated this way, he might be afraid of school, and teachers, and learning…
…house and he’d go back to check even after I assured him I did. Also new was that he seemed over-focused on his sister’s safety, worrying that she might get…
…want to be at home when Thomas finds out that Schnurr might be dead, so I said in my most confident voice: “Oh honey, I truly don’t feel that this…
…and cannot register vulnerable feelings tend towards blame. Guilt and shame are the more vulnerable of the three feelings. Those who are more ‘civilized’ you might say tend towards feeling…
…children. Who did what to whom? Who started it? Who threw the first punch? And then a parent might take a stand in judgement or consequence, perhaps saying such things…