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Brene Brown and Glennon discuss how to raise children who are resilient, empathetic, and shame-resistant — parenting strategies that build connection rather than compliance.
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Brown argues that children learn vulnerability from watching their parents be vulnerable — admit mistakes, express uncertainty, ask for help. Parents who perform invulnerability teach their children that vulnerability is weakness.
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Shame-based parenting produces compliant children and anxious adults — the short-term compliance comes at the cost of long-term mental health
Brown presents the research: parenting through shame (you should be ashamed of yourself, what is wrong with you?) produces immediate compliance but long-term anxiety, people-pleasing, and perfectionism. The child learns to perform the acceptable self rather than develop the authentic self.Was this useful?