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Abigail Shrier, author of 'Bad Therapy,' discusses the medicalization of childhood challenges and the negative impact of over-reliance on therapy. She explores the need for boundaries, consequences, and resilience teaching in parenting, critiquing the trend of labeling normal behaviors as disorders. Shrier advocates for a more disciplined yet empathetic approach to raising children.
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- Therapeutic parenting can instill dependency and fragility by overly focusing on children's emotions and issues rather than building resilience.
- Many children are over-diagnosed and medicated unnecessarily for normal behaviors, highlighting the importance of evaluating underlying causes and treatment efficacy.
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Impact of Therapeutic Parenting
Therapeutic parenting undermines parental confidence by overly focusing on children's feelings and issues, leading to a cycle of dependency and fragility. The practice involves parents accommodating every emotional response, resulting in the exacerbation of normal behaviors through constant validation and accommodation.
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