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Scenario

When Children Ask About Family Patterns

My daughter asked me why great-grandpa was so mean and I realized I don't know how to explain generational trauma to a seven-year-old.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The challenge of age-appropriate truth-telling about family dysfunction requires balancing protection with understanding.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Generational trauma — identifying and interrupting?”

Peri

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