A new University of Illinois study suggests that a shaky relationship with your parents may affect your own child’s risk for obesity.
In essence, the study found an absence of healthy emotional regulation may be transmitted from a parent to a child.
“If your mother regularly punished or dismissed your anger, anxiety, or sadness instead of being sensitive to your distress and giving you strategies for handling those feelings, you may be insecurely attached and parenting your children in the same way.”...
http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/01/31/parents-insecure-attachment-may-hike-childs-obesity-risk/65242.html
Reposted by:
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.
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