I would like to talk about how Dobson top parents to show such incongruency between their emotions on the inside and the emotions that they were expressing.
What does that do to a kid? You have these parents that are feeling chaos on the inside as they’re absolutely destroying their kids, but they have to show on the outside that they’re calm and collected.
As a kid, I walked away from that thinking my dad was a horrible person, but of course he would remember what he did. The fact that he didn’t remember it broke my brain even more. Serious gaslighting.
How many parents calmly spanked their kids like Dobson told them to but were so emotionally wrecked from it that they blocked the memory?
Also, just the hours of time I’ve had to spend dealing with my mental health instead of doing the things that I should be doing for the day! Focus on the family has stolen probably years from my life at this point. I’m furious about that.
I would like to talk about how Dobson top parents to show such incongruency between their emotions on the inside and the emotions that they were expressing.
What does that do to a kid? You have these parents that are feeling chaos on the inside as they’re absolutely destroying their kids, but they have to show on the outside that they’re calm and collected.
As a kid, I walked away from that thinking my dad was a horrible person, but of course he would remember what he did. The fact that he didn’t remember it broke my brain even more. Serious gaslighting.
How many parents calmly spanked their kids like Dobson told them to but were so emotionally wrecked from it that they blocked the memory?
Also, just the hours of time I’ve had to spend dealing with my mental health instead of doing the things that I should be doing for the day! Focus on the family has stolen probably years from my life at this point. I’m furious about that.
"I feel seen" is an understatement. Wondering if I should share this and my responses with my therapist.