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Performance Based Love Doesn’t Feel Like Love : Parenting So Our Kids Feel Secure

By Brenda Knowles|2018-09-10T10:53:46-05:00December 8th, 2017|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Coaching, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: achievement, attachment, conditional love, disconnection, family dynamics, Gabor Mate, Gordon Neufeld, Hold On To Your Kids, loneliness, love, parenting, parenting teens, performance love, teenagers|

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Performance Based Love Doesn’t Feel Like Love : Parenting So Our Kids Feel Secure

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