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Trauma Therapist Shares Advice To Help Parents Foster A Healthy Relationship With Their Kids.

A trauma therapist's social media post about parenting.

3. Don’t make your children grow up too early.

A trauma therapist's social media post about parenting.
Screengrab from TikTok

As a parent, it’s not ok to make your kids feel responsible for your emotions. You’re supposed to be taking care of them, not the other way around.

4. Sometimes, “tough love” isn’t love at all.

A list of parenting tactics to avoid, as written by a trauma therapist.
Screengrab from TikTok

Yes, it can be a scary world out there! However, being hard on your kids doesn’t set them up for success. It just makes home scary, too.

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