I Love You Keep Going with George Haas Parenting and Intergenerational Repair
Dec 5, 2025
Explore how repairing your attachment can transform your role as a parent. George discusses the pervasive impact of parental guilt and the inheritance of attachment styles across generations. He emphasizes the importance of apologizing and renegotiating relationships with adult children. The conversation touches on nurturing touch, authenticity in supporting children's paths, and the modern challenges of parenting, including technology's influence. Ultimately, it's about fostering healthy connections for future generations.
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Attachment Patterns Transmit Across Generations
- You're about an 85% chance to inherit your caregiver's attachment strategy and pass it to your children.
- Repairing your own attachment before or during parenting improves what you hand off to your kids.
Begin With A Specific Apology
- Apologize specifically for the attachment conditioning you provided and acknowledge you didnât address your own issues.
- Begin attachment repair work yourself and renegotiate your agreements with your children accordingly.
Authenticity Is The Basis Of Security
- Secure functioning relationships center on authenticity and supporting a child's genuine interests.
- Shift from controlling or idealizing them toward encouraging who they truly are.