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Are You Living with Childhood Rejection?
How your past can haunt you today
Rejection is a normal part of life that everyone experiences at some time in their lives. However, when children are rejected by their caregivers, the damage done to them is enormous.
This piece will explore the effects of childhood rejection and methods to overcome it.
What is Childhood Rejection?
Children depend entirely on their caregivers for all their physical and emotional needs. When children experience understanding and love, they will feel understood and loved.
Rejection by caregivers does not happen accidentally; it is a repeated and purposeful act where the parent or caregiver declares they do not love their child verbally or non-verbally. Rejection by a caregiver is a horrible thing for a child to endure and, just like adults, is long-lasting and critically wounds their psyche.
A few examples of childhood rejection may include the following:
· Extending privileges to one child but not the other
· Preferring one child over the other
· Spending too much time online or with your nose in your cellphone
· A parent leaving
