> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 12 evergreens, 2 sources</em></s> #### [[Children make wide assumptions about the world]] This is because of [[How memory works]], [[Negative influences impact us more than positive influences]], and [[Our brain actively inhibits us from processing repressed emotions]]. This means the [[childhood]] is a time where we can form experience that shape the rest of our life: [[We carry our childhood wounds into adulthood]] This leads to things such as: - [[We value our biggest insecurities because they protect us from the biggest threats]] - [[Your anxiety knows your insecurities better than you do]] - [[Trans children will repress their dysphoria if they have been effectively taught it is unacceptable]] This puts of lot of pressure on our [[parents]] as they have a massive ability to influence the assumptions: [[How can parent's best help their children]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[Psychology]], [[human experience]], [[parents]], [[trauma]]