The Importance of Healthy Dependency Early On

Many people think, and falsely so, that if we just kind of shoot our child out into the world too soon, then we're going to give them a strong sense of independence. Early childhood and young adolescents need to be able to depend on primary caregivers for the sense of self to be developed in order to later on have healthy independence. So without healthy dependence early on, it's going to leave us fragmented and wounded and lacking true self awareness. It takes an unbelievable courage to separate from those who raised us and then venture out into the unknown to figure out what you truly want.