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How Avoidant Parenting Shapes A Child’s Inner World
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A child doesn’t just remember how a parent reacted. They build an inner map of what relationships are supposed to feel like and then they live inside that map for years. We talk through how avoidant parenting can quietly train kids to shrink their needs, hide distress, or perform “goodness” that is really driven by fear. Using a clear chess analogy, we show how family systems create predictable moves and how children, with the least power, become the ones who carry the emotional cost.
From object relations theory to attachment theory, we connect the dots on internalization…
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