Turns out these superficially-outdated practices (cursive, memorization, etc.) weren't just funzies to make #Boomers miserable, they served critical #developmentalneeds: capacity for #attentionspan, #boredom-tolerance #delayedgratification #mood-regulation, all the stuff we forgot how to do.

🤍 Touch
🤍 Attention
🤍 Nurture
🤍 Guidance
🤍 Help
🤍 Boundaries
🤍 Celebration/cherishing

Were you allowed to seek these things? What happened when you did? What might you have learned as a result?

#healingjourney
#healingwork
#developmentalneeds
#trauma
#selfhealing
#selflove