As a result, most children don't grow up too happily or smoothly. A child with a depressed mother may not be sure that she is loved and needed. When I smile, she doesn't often smile back. When she turns away from me, I am sad at first, still hopeful, then scared, then even sadder. I am here alone.
People cause pain.
I will hide my needs from myself and others. Our first and lasting lessons in love come from our parents. They show us how they love and how they want to be loved. We learn from our parents to love devotedly, anxiously, distantly, expressively, empathically, aggressively, nicely, or responsibly. The practices of love are endless.