Are you overprotective of your inner child, or not protective enough? Is your inner parent overprotective like an inner critic, constantly judging what you do and controlling your actions? Or does it allow your inner child to run wild and dictate what you do? Sometimes, it can be both. We swing between these two extremes from time to time. When we feel like we have punished our inner child too harshly, we let loose and allow it to indulge in leisure activities. Then, when we realize that the inner child is having too much fun, our inner parent steps in to enforce some limits.
