Inspiration

Inspiration2024-11-15T18:47:44+01:00

Obedience!

The overcompliant, obedient child has the pleasure of short-term safety; he is keeping the mother going by making demands that are well within what he takes to be the mother's range (he is not being a difficult child; he is keeping the mother happy, not straining her). The non-compliant child is free to find out what the mother's range might be, and, by the same token, what his own range might be.

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