Category Archives: Shame

Shame — How others influence your parenting

By Jodi Cohen | Published: June 15, 2010
At a birthday party this weekend, another mother who I have known causally for years snapped at me that my son was too close to her daughter.  It wasn’t so much what she was asking – her kid doesn’t like people too close to her and I respect that – but how she did it [...]
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Secrets: Can our Shame Hurt our Children?

By Jodi Cohen | Published: May 5, 2010
Shame. The dictionary defines it as the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another. Shame is a popular emotion among us moms, along with guilt, fear, anxiety and frustration. On the simpliest level, we may feel shame if our child talks too loudly in public, [...]
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