
159. Family Estrangement: Should You Repair or Run? with Dr. Galit Atlas
We Can Do Hard Things
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The Avoidant Child Is a Response to Rejection, Right?
Some kids behave in a very strange way that do not match any category. The avoided one was the one that when the parent come back, by the way, I have a dog like that that does that. When the parent comes back, the avoidant child just makes believe they didn't come back. They just keep doing what they're doing as if separation never happened,. Right? Again, we can think about that as a defense. It's a way to manage.
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