21/08/2026
💭Riflessioni in musica 🎹
❔Le vostre domande 🍀
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Music: For all we know by Karlin
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One of you,a dad, asked me this question:
Why do we, as parents, sometimes seem to not want to see our children’s problems?
Do you know what one of the hardest things is for a parent?
Reaalizing that your child is not feeling good.
And not because you don’t love him.
But because the human brain also protects us from emotional pain.
In psychology this mechanism is called negation:
when a reality is too painful, sometimes unconsciously we choose to minimize it or not see it at all.
Freud already explained this by talking about defense mechanisms.
And today Bowlby’s attachment theory reminds us of one important thing:
when the bond with a child is very strong, seeing their suffering can make a parent feel guilty, helpless, scared.
Then something very human happens:
‘It’s just a phase.’
‘He’s exaggerating.’
‘It will pass.’
But sometimes that child doesn’t need the problem solved right away.
He needs to feel seen.
Being a good parent doesn’t mean being perfect.
It means finding the courage to look at what hurts too.
Because a son who feels seen…
is a son who stops feeling alone.
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