Understanding Children's Emotions: The Importance of Pride and Shame
Category: PARENTING
In childhood, shame leads to avoidance and withdrawal and then, in adolescence, to desperate attempts to alleviate, or get rid of, this painful state of mind. Many experiences that evoke a feeling of shame are uniquely painful, and the feeling of shame, perhaps more than any other emotion, stays with us.
By Kenneth Barish, Ph.D., Contributor
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at Weill Medical Co..., 2013-08-26