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Scenario

When Teaching Resilience Goes Too Far and Blocks Healthy Emotional Expression

I spent my daughter's entire childhood telling her she needed to be tougher and now she's in therapy learning how to cry and I wonder if I broke something that was supposed to stay soft.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your efforts to strengthen your child may have inadvertently taught them that their natural emotional responses are weaknesses to be overcome.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Tiger parenting — East Asian model examined?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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