Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

by Becky Kennedy

our body is learning under what conditions we receive love and attention and understanding and affection, and under what conditions we get rejected, punished, and left alone;

So what did you, as a child, learn comes after “bad” behavior? Did your body learn to wire for judgment, punishment, and aloneness . . . or boundaries, empathy, and connection?

remind yourself: “I am doing my job of keeping my child safe. My child is doing their job of expressing feelings. We are both doing what we need to do. I can handle this.”