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How To Land Your Kid In Therapy
I recently read an article in The Atlantic Monthly that only confirmed my thoughts about why so many kids I grew up with are beyond screwed up today. In this months issue, Lori Gottlieb, who is a psychotherapist, tries to answer the question of why so many adults in their 20s and early 30s, who came from loving, happy households, became depressed and anxious as they grew up. She discovered that the power of over parenting only set children up to enter a world of disappointment. When you let your kid do anything and make all the decisions, while cleaning up every mess they make, and never allow them to fail, you are never letting them learn how to grow up. When they go to college and make the smallest mistake, it feels catastrophic, because when they were children, their parents told them they were amazing and great at math even though they sucked.
I would highly suggest reading this article because you will either understand why you personally have so many issues, or why your friends do.
Hopefully you’re a soon to be mom or dad who will take this with more than a grain of salt.
