AVOIDING TRAUMATIC PARENTING 3AVOIDING TRAUMATIC PARENTING 3
LIZA EXPRESS PODCAST
Elizabeth Akunyele discusses how parents can avoid projecting their traumas onto their children and offers practical tips for healthier parenting.
8:29•23 May 2022
Breaking the Cycle: Preventing Traumatic Parenting with Elizabeth Akunyele
“So what they're doing is they're fighting their parents. They're trying to tell their parents: I'm grown, I'm grown, I can do it too now, but they're not doing it themselves. They're doing it through their kids.”
Parenting can be a minefield, especially when personal struggles come into play. In this episode of the Liza Express Podcast, Elizabeth Akunyele sheds light on a crucial topic: how parents inadvertently 'fight through' their children. This means projecting their own unresolved issues onto their kids, which can lead to significant developmental challenges for the young ones.
Elizabeth shares eye-opening examples of how parents might pressure their children into specific career paths or make them bear the brunt of their own past mistakes. Her advice is straightforward yet profound—focus on your own emotional, sexual, and mental well-being to break this damaging cycle. If you're a parent worried about passing on your trauma, or simply looking for healthier ways to guide your children, this episode offers practical tips and heartfelt wisdom.
Tune in to gain valuable insights that could change your family's future for the better.
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