1 result for (book:tps5 AND heading:"delet session march 19 1979" AND stemmed:sensit)
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child
healer
lamb
Bob
Enquirer
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Children are extremely sensitive, of course, to their parents’ feelings and beliefs, particularly since they are dependent upon the parents to meet their needs. They can accept roles in somewhat the same way that children play at being sick, and in extreme cases some children find the game becomes only too real.
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
(Pause.) The child wanted to please the parents. He received an overabundance of sympathy, special treats, and so forth, so that his condition brought more and more rewards, even as he became more uncomfortable. The child responded in such a manner because of its own characteristics. Another child, for example, might have become overactive in rebellion. In a strange fashion, the pain represented heightened sensitivity – extremely unpleasant, but also represented a vital emotional bodily response of a direct nature. In other ways,the family behaved opaquely. Nothing seemed clear-cut.
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