Section #1
The Dismissing Parent
-Wants the child's negative emotions to disappear quickly.
-May ignore, ridicule or make light of a child's emotions.
-Believes children's feelings are irrational, and therefore don't count.
-May lack awareness of emotions in self and others.
-Feels uncomfortable, fearful, anxious, annoyed, or overwhelmed by child's emotions.
-Fears being out-of-control emotionally.
-Focuses more on how to get over emotions than on the meaning of the emotion itself.
-Sees the child's emotions as a demand to fix things.
-Believes negative emotions mean the child is not well adjusted, and reflects badly on the parents.
-Believes negative emotions are harmful or toxic.
-Minimizes the child's feelings, downplaying the events that led to the emotion.
-Does not problem-solve with the child; believes that the passage of time will resolve most problems.
-They learn that thrir feelings are wrong, inappropriate, and not valid.
-They may think that there is something inherently wrong with them because of the way they feel.
-They may have difficulties regulating their own emotions.
I feel it's good to describe nowaday's parents, and what do you think.I hope this article benefit you as it's benefit me a lot....^_^
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