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Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
5 hours agoPsychology says the adult who has acquaintances but no close friends isn't failing socially - they're often someone who learned early that real closeness came with conditions, and a polite distance has always felt safer than the bill - Silicon Canals
Emotional distance in friendships often stems from conditioned avoidance learned in childhood, not a failure of social skills.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 hours agoNot everyone who smiles through criticism is secure. Some people learned very early that visible hurt made the criticism worse, and the smile is the face their nervous system wears when it's bracing for the next hit - Silicon Canals
A smile in response to criticism often masks internal pain and is a learned strategy from childhood experiences of trauma or stress.
Miami
fromenglish.elpais.com
20 hours agoThe father's plea that ICE ignored: I have a daughter with Down syndrome and autism and a wife with cancer, please don't deport me'
A father struggles to connect with his daughter after being deported, while her mother fights for their family's unity despite challenges.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
19 hours agoThe people who were praised for being mature as children and punished for being needy as adults, and the decades it takes to untangle which one was actually true - Silicon Canals
Maturity in children often reflects adult expectations, leading to long-term consequences for the child's emotional development.
fromwww.amny.com
1 day agoCritter cruelty: Animal abusers be listed on publicly accessible registry under new NYC Council bill
The registry, Ariola said, would go a long way toward protecting New York's animals by allowing rescues and other agencies to quickly search the names of potential adoption applicants, and prevent any sale or adoption by people who are known to cause harm to animals.
Pets
#mass-shooting
US news
fromFortune
2 days ago8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a Louisiana shooting that was 'unlike anything most of us have ever seen,' police say | Fortune
A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children and two others in a domestic violence mass shooting, marking the deadliest incident in over two years.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
19 hours agoPsychology suggests there's a certain type of anger that lives inside the most agreeable people - it's the anger of swallowing every small injustice, every dismissive comment, every overlooked contribution for decades, and the reason the calmest person in your family might one day explode over something trivial isn't the trivial thing, it's the fifty years of larger things they never allowed themselves to react to - Silicon Canals
Agreeableness can lead to emotional accumulation, resulting in explosive reactions over seemingly trivial matters due to suppressed feelings.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThere's a specific kind of tiredness that belongs to people who are the default contact for every family emergency. It isn't the emergencies themselves. It's the low-grade readiness that never switches off, the phone always near, the nervous system perpetually on call for a shift that never formally ends - Silicon Canals
Being an emergency contact involves a constant state of anticipation and stress that affects overall well-being, not just during crises.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoThe people who talk about their childhood like it was fine but can't remember most of it aren't lying. The absence of memory and the absence of trauma feel identical from the inside until something cracks the seal, and by then the person has built an entire adult identity on the version where nothing happened. - Silicon Canals
Childhood amnesia affects memory retention, leading to a lack of vivid recollections from early years despite having a normal upbringing.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month agoChild seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge
Internet Watch Foundation researchers identified a child sexual abuse victim after years of searching by recognizing her school uniform in images, enabling police to locate and help her.
Parenting
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month ago'You don't need millions to adopt - kids just need love and a safe place'
A same-sex couple adopted two mixed-race sisters to prevent their separation in care, addressing the significant underrepresentation of Black and mixed-heritage children in adoption systems.
#child-communication
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoWhat Do I Do If My Child Won't Talk About an Upsetting Time?
Children may not verbally process upsetting events for various developmentally appropriate or concerning reasons, requiring parents to identify the underlying cause through patient, non-judgmental engagement.
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoLanguage Matters When Talking About Child Sexual Abuse
Words such as 'relationship,' 'affair,' 'involvement,' or 'seeing each other' imply mutuality and consent. In the context of child sexual abuse, these implications are false. A child cannot legally or developmentally consent to sexual activity with an adult. Describing abuse using relational language risks distorting the inherent power imbalance and shifting perceived responsibility away from the adult perpetrator.
Psychology
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