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“My parents unconsciously taught me to value external validation over everything else and it has been the cause of persistent depression in my adult life.
“Examples that seem innocent: praising good grades and emphasizing academic achievement. Being…
27 Extremely Shocking Secrets Grandparents Never Intended For Their Families To Uncover
April 11, 2025
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“My great-grandparents kept this secret. My great aunt (my grandpa’s sister) died in her early 20s (this was in the 1930s). My grandpa was told she cut her finger while peeling an apple, and it got infected; she got septic and died. Grandpa passed in…
One of the most valuable things parents can do for their children is simply avoid labeling them, McManne said. Labels hurt the parent-child relationship because they get in the way of parents seeing their children as struggling and needing help. Parents start to link certain…
