Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall by Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D

Author:Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D. [Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2012-07-26T06:00:00+00:00

“I want to stay out until one o’clock tonight. Everybody else is allowed to.”

“No, Emily.”

“]ustin, take out the trash.”

“I can’t. My arm hurts. And besides, Becky’s supposed to.”

In both cases the parent wants one thing and the child wants something else. The child is being asked to do what he does not want to do. More basically, he or she is being asked to accept a loss—not getting his or her way. A loss means accepting bad feelings and this is a signal for action to the ever-present baby self lurking just below the surface, the self that wants only fun, no stress. It decides to make an appearance, thinking:

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