Is Your Home Emotionally Unhealthy? 5 Signs: David Thomas

Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 9:15 a.m.

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If your home was emotionally unhealthy, would you know it? Counselor David Thomas offers 5 ways to identify dysfunction in your own home\\u2014and constructive responses to choose instead for a lifetime of better relationships.

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Research tells us that in the face of failure boys are more likely to point the finger outward and blame someone else [and] girls are more likely to blame themselves. I see evidence of that, not just with kids, but with adults. I can\\u2019t tell you how often I sit with moms in my office whose kids are struggling in some way who will say, \\u201cTell me what I\\u2019m doing wrong.\\u201d -- David Thomas

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Show Notes and Resources

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