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When you become the parent you promised not to be

I caught myself yelling at my toddler the exact same way my father yelled at me, using the same words, and I swore I would never be like him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Generational patterns of behavior can emerge unconsciously under stress, despite our conscious intentions to break the cycle.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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