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A Nietzsche quote about family life and love. Why not also quote him on the ability of self-deception? “We are like shop windows in which we are continually arranging, concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities others ascribe to us-in order to deceive ourselves.”

I understand the point of being a child’s confidante as they become older - and of course punitive discipline is coercive. But I don’t understand why coercion is so frowned on. It’s not like they know how to discipline themselves.

The pause as a precursor to immediate response is a definite act of resistance in popular culture.

“A child needs to be self-centered in order to survive.” This sounds like it should makes sense, but self-centeredness doesn’t help someone who only slowly moves from complete dependence to independence. Also, it discounts parents as necessary leaders in survival…and parenting is the stated topic.

“Cognitive empathy is about understanding someone else’s emotions without going through them ourselves. Emotional empathy…is about experiencing the other person’s emotions as your own.”