My friend Liz was worried that her 14-year-old son, Andy, was traumatized. While on a ski trip, he had seen a child fall off the chairlift. Andy was sitting in close range, and he saw the paramedics airlift the boy to a hospital. Liz tried to process the accident with Andy, but he wouldn’t show any reaction. She made a few more attempts at conversation before letting it go.
‘Padres helicóptero’ o cómo la sobreprotección cría niños incapaces
Los padres no actúan convenientemente cuando se dirigen a sus hijos con expresiones como: “Yo te llevo la mochila porque es muy pesada”; “Ven, te ato los tenis”; “¿Olvidaste tu tarea? Yo la pido por WhatsApp”. Con estas frases, “el mensaje que se traslada al niño es:...