A Joosr Guide to Why Love Matters by Sue Gerhardt

Why Love Matters is an eye-opening book that will change the way you look at raising children

From the first moments of pregnancy to the early years of adolescence, a child’s mind is growin

Parents who are present but neglectful tend to have been brought up in a similar background themselves, and their emotional state yet again contributes to a weak connection in the child’s brain

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental illness that makes a person prone to heavy mood swings, reckless behavior, low self-image, and identity problems, among other thing

Trauma brings out the most intense feelings of fear and stress a person has, and learning how to deal with those emotions is absolutely critical to moving forward when traumatic events happen.

Children who are ignored or abused by their parents will almost always have neutral or adverse reactions to that parent’s attempts at closeness later, which can extend well into adulthood and spread to other relationships

Genes may play some part in empathy, but the love and caring behavior shown to an infant makes all the difference.

previously thought a lack of empathy was genetic, but it turns out this may be another critical trait influenced by childhood exposure to emotion.

a parent needs to do to avoid this is accept their child’s emotions and work to show them that what they feel is valid.

Even worse, a child that grows up in an environment where negative emotions are met with hostility or frustration may learn to suppress these emotions in an attempt to keep the parents satisfied.