Composure at any cost?
In addition to triggering an avalanche of health issues, suppressing negative emotions can also impact our cognitive functioning. One study notes that emotional suppression “impaired incidental memory for information presented during the suppression period.” Essentially, our brain is too busy suppressing emotions to remember details about what happened.
Rethinking Discipline
As parents emerge from CFC, one of their common laments is that they spanked their children. At the same time, learning how to parent without fear and physical pain can be daunting if that is all that you have ever known. If you have been spanking your children but would like to stop, here are some places to start.