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Just plain Rivka's avatar

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“Watch a child when she takes a moderately bad fall, and notice that even before she cries, she looks to her mother or father for clarity as to how she should react. Do her parents consider this a ‘bad fall?’ Should she be freaking out?”

This exact scenario is my example of how parenting teaches self discipline. The reaction to a fall is automatic; yet good parenting demands a rewiring. No knee jerk “uh oh;” a smiley “that’s ok.” Parenting is an amazing motivator.

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I’ve read that a big difference in PTSD is speaking with professionals immediately afterwards and reframing what happened. They do something like this after a terrorist attack.

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