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It’s Not Rocket Science - by Dr Naomi Fisher - Think Again

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The way we talk to our children creates the inner life of the next generation

Illustration by @_missingthemark. Sometimes adults tell me that they aren’t sure what went wrong. They did everything they were told, tried to follow all the rules and yet they come to see me with a feeling of emptiness, asking themselves, what was that all for? They find themselves halfway through adult life, not knowing what brings them alive, not understanding what makes their life worth living. Where did they go missing? The explanation they have found for themselves is usually ‘it’s my fault’. They criticise themselves relentlessly ‘I should have worked harder’ they say. Or ‘I wasn’t…

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