Among the strong emotions we feel, shame is among the most painful. It is a feeling that one, as an individual, is not "good enough." Here to shed more light on emotional trauma -- how it happens and how to heal -- is Dr. Daniela F.
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Samantha Gray, executive director of the group Attachment Parenting International, said it's important to remind ourselves about how much the holiday break means to children. |
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The holidays are an exciting time for children. The gifts, the lights, the decorations, the food, the family gathering -- the list goes on and on. |
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How do you feel it was like for your great-grandmother to be admonished for instinctively loving her child, only to be told that her instinct is exactly what would damage that child? |
Whether you have negative or positive core beliefs, the thoughts that come from these will transmit to how you feel and respond to your child's behavior. |
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It is important to set limits on behavior and it is important to instill within our children a sense that there are wise and unwise choices, but how do we do this without also ingraining shame? |
Working on the "Parenting Without Shame" issue of Attached Family was unlike any that have come before. I didn't realize, when I began, of how little I knew about shame as a topic. |
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"When parents are significantly stressed during their child’s first few years of life, some of the child’s genes can be altered. |
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