Healthy Parents And Not So Healthy Parents

No. Healthy Parents Not So Healthy Parents 1 Want to be and are attuned to their children's emotions: children feel seen and heard Do not and cannot attune to their children's emotions because they are self-absorbed 2 Allow their children to express emotions and encourages them to do so, while managing their own emotions as an adult would Guilt their children for having emotions, punish their children for having emotions or play the victim 3 See their children as individuals and autonomous capable creatures See their children as pets, possessions and prizes, often pit children against siblings or spouse 4 Hold realistic age-appropriate expectations of their children and encourage them to explore and grow Hold unrealistic expectations of their children resulting in shame, frustration and loss of self, resulting in dependency issues 5 Children feel safe, heard, seen, understood, respected, encouraged and wanted Reject, withhold, dismiss and resent their children for becoming individuals with their own thought processes