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Wild things I have learnt in therapy:
- When a child cries, parents are supposed to comfort them, not punish them
- Parents are, in fact, supposed to want to spend time with their children
- Children too have a right to privacy, meaning parents are not allowed to read their diaries etc and then punish them for the thoughts they found about
- Children are allowed to be upset and cry
- Children don’t have to earn the love and attention from their parents by performing various things
- Children are not supposed to be scared of going home and/or their parents
- Children are not supposed to be physically abused and even a little bit of hitting is actually physical abuse
- Parents are not supposed to expect that children are mentally as mature as other adults
- Children are not supposed to be told that they’re an accident, a burden, or something the parents regret
- Children are not supposed to be scared and ashamed of themselves or feel like failures because of their parents
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