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When you become the parent you swore you'd never be

I promised myself I would never yell at my kids like my father did but yesterday I heard his voice coming out of my mouth and my son looked terrified

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're confronting the devastating moment when inherited trauma responses override your conscious intentions and you see your own childhood fear reflected in your child's eyes.

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“Where Are You with Intergenerational trauma — the legacy you break?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.