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Spectacled-Girl Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Unlived life
'Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.' --- Carl Jung.
What does the underlined words mean in this context?
Thanks.
What does the underlined words mean in this context?
Thanks.
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I do not know Jung, but it may well be: the parent's frustrations in his/her own life, what they haven't been able to achieve in it, which are transferred to the children
- I do not know Jung, but it may well be: the parent's frustrations in his/her own life, what they haven't been able to achieve in it, which are transferred to the children
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I do not know Jung, but it may well be:
the parent's frustrations in his/her own life,
what they haven't been able to achieve in it,
which are transferred to the children
the parent's frustrations in his/her own life,
what they haven't been able to achieve in it,
which are transferred to the children
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I wouldn't presume to know what the great Doctor was thinking, but certainly too many people have children who end up being sounding boards for their frustrations; being substituted for a healthy relationship with an adult; and being made to feel responsible because the parent doesn't have a life. Here's the deal: NOBODY gets their life AND yours. They get ONE and you get ONE. Children should not
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