The Role of Play in Relationships

Growing up, my parents never said, I love you and showered us with all that sort of thing. My mom would say, we're raising you with healthy neglect. So now fast forward, I've got my own two girls... And I noticed my husband does this with the kids all the time. He grabs them and says,I love you. You're so special and then spends like a good five minutes showering them with this love. It's not natural for me. It's more natural for him to do it. Right? The scenario you're describing is very illustrative of how people grow up with different kinds of family cultures. That informs the way they behave in their