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How Schools Encourage Co-dependency
Co-dependence is a technical word for what people used to refer to as “battered wife/husband syndrome” where one person in the relationship completely sacrifices their freedom and well-being to take care of the other person who takes them for granted. Such people see themselves as responsible for managing the feelings of the other person. They falsely believe they are in control of the other person’s feelings and deny the other person’s responsibility for their own problems.
There is a twelve point checklist used as a guide to determine if a person is co-dependent. Let us go through this list of items one by one and see how the public school system encourages this pathological approach to relationships. Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood, Parenthood, Teacherhood, Water Bird
Tagged anxiety, child abuse, Children, co-dependence, dysfunction, Education, harming children, identity cults, maturity, mental health, personal growth, psychology, relationships, schooling, self-apathy, self-esteem, self-value, statism, Teacher
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Emotional Strength
Could you ever imagine having a conversation with someone about their house, specifically that their house was on fire and would soon be burned completely to the ground? Yet, after informing this person that their house was on fire, they … Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood, Parenthood, Water Bird
Tagged acceptance, Books, Conversation, Emotion, feelings, intrapersonal, intrapsychic, mental health, mindfulness, personal growth, psychology, self-awareness, self-knowledge, soul, soulfulness, stoicism, Thought, wisdom
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Introducing Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a topic we are going to be talking about a great deal at Four Birds Education because it is the core of good mental health and consequently the core of the Water Bird theme. So it is entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood, Parenthood, Teacherhood, Water Bird
Tagged apathy, false-love, guilt, healing, identity cults, innner peace, loathing, love, maturity, mental health, narcissism, negativity, personal growth, pride, psychology, self-apathy, self-esteem, self-healing, self-loathing, self-love, self-nurturing, self-protecting, self-value, shame, spiritual well-being, well-being
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