Parenting
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoWhy Teens Are So Hard
Teens desire independence but struggle with readiness, leading to conflict between emotional needs and intellectual understanding.
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Boston
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoI'm 66 and I finally understand that my mother wasn't cold - she was rationing. She had a finite amount of emotional energy and five people drawing from it every day, and the distance I interpreted as indifference was a woman trying to make it to bedtime without disappearing completely. - Silicon Canals
A child's misinterpretation of a parent's emotional reserve as indifference reveals how exhaustion and finite emotional capacity shape parental behavior across decades.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPeople who grew up with a parent who gave the silent treatment became adults who experience someone's quiet mood as an emergency. They're not anxious. They were trained that silence meant something terrible was already in motion. - Silicon Canals
Panic during silence stems from learned survival responses to parental emotional withdrawal, not inherent anxiety or personality flaws.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoThere's a version of clarity that only arrives in your 40s where you finally understand that your father's exhaustion wasn't physical. He was tired from decades of pretending he knew what he was doing so that everyone around him could feel safe. - Silicon Canals
In midlife, people recognize their parents were performing certainty and competence throughout their lives, masking uncertainty and emotional labor rather than possessing inherent strength.
fromBuzzFeed
10 months ago24 Students Just Shared The Wildest Meltdowns They've Ever Seen Rich Kids Have At Private Schools
I played competitive cricket on Saturdays with about six guys from school (a fairly middle-of-the-road private school). The other seven came from a neighboring private school, and these fellas were completely loaded. The coach's son, Josh, was used to getting whatever he wanted.
Video games
fromPsychology Today
11 months agoTwo Voices That Lead Us Astray and One That Leads Home
Our young minds buy into this cultural message, and they decide, This must be very important. I'll remember this. So they invite in a new voice that repeatedly declares: If you want to be valuable, you'll need to buy many things.
Mindfulness
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