Dear Kathryn:

You are welcome. Your question for me at the end of your post is too general. I need to understand you and your childhood better so to know what about my experience to share with you. If you want, you can help me understand better:

“Sometimes if my parents grounded me, I was obviously left to my own devices to try and attempt to resolve on my own what happened, what I did wrong, and how to cope with the sadness I felt for bring punished. I never had any siblings to run to for solace, comfort, and companionship”-

1. You needed “to run to for solace, comfort, and companionship” while you were grounded or otherwise?

2. Can you give me an example that is memorable for you of something that you did wrong, followed by being grounded: did you know why you were grounded, was it explained to you? What does being grounded mean, for how long, where? Was there punishment beyond being grounded, and what happened right after an ending of a grounding event?

anita