Parenting
Why Some Parents Feel a Loss of Identity
You love your child. You're grateful to be a parent. And yet, you feel like you've lost yourself. This contradiction confuses many parents. How can yo...
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Parenting
Parenthood and Identity
Before your child was born, you had an identity. You were a person with a name, a profession, interests, relationships, a way of moving through the wo...
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Family Life
How Family Identity Is Formed
A child who says "My family is the kind that helps people" or "I'm the kind of person who never gives up because my family values persistence" has a s...
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Emotions
How a Child's Sense of Self Develops
"Who am I?" is a question that sounds philosophical but is answered, in a basic sense, in the first three years of life. The development of the sense...
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Emotions
How Self-Awareness Develops in Children
Self-awareness is not a single capacity that arrives at a particular moment — it is a multi-layered developmental achievement that unfolds across the...
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