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As parents, we need to be sensitive when a child says he or she is hurt or emotionally troubled by our words or behaviours.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANUEL FRANCISCO
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SINGAPORE – Parents can fail you. Contrary to the narrative that all parents naturally love and protect their children, some parents can instead be self-preoccupied, egocentric and have little empathy for their progeny.
Such emotionally immature parents can go on to raise kids who grow up feeling unseen and lonely.
