Tag: parenthood

Trauma awareness in relation to childhood abuse

2 Important Trauma Awareness Conversations from June

July 7, 2021

The expectation that each child experiences their parent’s “disciplinary actions” in the exact same way as their siblings. Ignoring the fact that punishment for some siblings is more frequent and more severe, especially if they are “different” – difficult, stubborn, manner-less, noisy etc

Is it Ignorance or is it a lack of Compassion and Empathy?

It made me keenly aware that people are oblivious to the definition of trauma and to the 3Es that define the 3 aspects of Trauma: … More 2 Important Trauma Awareness Conversations from June

Beware the lie – “Be a man, Be strong…”

March 27, 2019

Ronald Chepkwony was only 16 years old when his dad died. He narrates the story of being a privileged child, being bankrupted by disease and leading a non-privileged, grief-stricken adulthood. He starts by  telling us about his childhood, a distant father, who did not show any emotion and did not teach any life-skills. Still, the … More Beware the lie – “Be a man, Be strong…”