Dear Parents,
Another obstacle to setting boundaries is that some of us learned to equate abuse with love. When the people who are supposed to love you and take care of you are abusive, you have no frame of reference for boundaries, because there are none.
If the abuse is verbal, your emotional boundaries are violated regularly, so you probably aren’t even aware that you have them. Verbal abuse always precedes physical abuse, so if you were physically abused, you would have no frame of reference for emotional boundaries at all. You might know your physical boundaries, but you probably never learned an effective way to honor and respect them.
There are effective strategies to overcome these boundaries. Please join me on Tuesday November 1st at Noon EST for a free telelseminar, Boundaries the Limits of Love. Click here to register.
To Your Family,
Jane Cabrera
The Parent Success Coach
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