EP232 Why It’s So Hard: Exploring How Your Family Shaped your Boundaries Part 1

 

Welcome to episode 232 where we begin the conversation about how your childhood shaped your understanding of healthy boundaries.

In this episode, we  explore the myriad factors within family dynamics that can contribute to a lack of clear understanding of healthy boundaries for children as they grow up. By dissecting these, we uncover the struggles families can create when there aren’t clear teaching and modeling of boundaries. We will continue the conversation in the next episode!

 

Key Takeaways:

Family Dynamics' Role:

Your family dynamics played a pivotal role in shaping your understanding of boundaries. This includes communication patterns, parental behavior, and what was normalized for you.

 

Understanding of What Was Yours

Your family was supposed to show you what belonged to you vs what belonged to others, and what to expect from behaviors. Many families struggle to do this well.

 

Poor Boundaries Create Anxiety

When kids don’t know what to expect from one day to the next, in terms of discipline, parental emotional engagement or what to trust, it puts eggshells on the floor, and makes is emotionally unsafe.

 

Our families are first classrooms, where we learn:

How to say no

How to hear no

How to accept no.

How to know what’s ours and what isn’t.

Our parents taught us that – or didn’t.

And our families modeled that – or didn’t.

 

 

 

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