“Oh, are you going to wear that shirt outside? It’s a little bit small around your waist.” This is underhanded and passive-aggressive but subtle enough to plant small seeds of insecurity in your head. These seeds germinate and push your self-esteem into the ground. As a result, you grow up having no self-love, no confidence, and you can’t stop paying attention to that voice in your head that tells you’re not worthy or good enough. Another way in which they lower your self-esteem is by comparing you to other people. They compare you to other kids, making it seem like they got the short end of
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