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Virginia Satir

What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.

Virginia Satir

Parenting

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When parents have personal issues or emotional wounds that they haven't dealt with, these problems can influence how they treat their children in ways that don't always make sense. This means that their own past struggles can cause them to act in unpredictable or unfair ways as parents.

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