Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days agoWhat Punch the Monkey Tells Us About Parent Abandonment
Early parental rejection disrupts attachment and safety, but substitute caregiving sources can repair these developmental effects.
I was always the pretty little boy in the corner of the playground, plaiting girls' hair, dreaming of spotlights. My flamboyance didn't seem to have an off switch. Dad tried his best to steer me into his version of a proper boyhood: football boots, muddy knees, the whole shebang. He'd tap my limp wrists into place and drag me to self-defence lessons in an attempt to turn them into karate chops.