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Parenting is often framed as a battle between discipline and chaos, but Dr. Becky Kennedy argues that the real story lives beneath the behavior we see. 

Kennedy traces how early relationships teach children which parts of themselves are welcome, which emotions feel dangerous, and how those lessons script adult identity.

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