Dear mapnerd:

The little girl that you were, watching your mother fall apart like that, that child did not react by thinking: “I need to be self sufficient!”-

that girl was very, very scared. Terribly scared. Very unsafe, your world about to end any moment.

* A responsible parent has to practice self discipline and limit expressions of sadness and despair, anger and fear- yelling, crying, throwing things- those behaviors injure children.

How do you think these injuries inflicted on you by your mother, repeatedly, affect your life?

anita