As a couples therapist and a mom, I often see how so many adults spend years unlearning what they absorbed as kids about relationships.
What we say to our children today becomes their internal blueprint for future relationships. It informs how they show up for their partner, and teaches them what to expect from love.
That’s why I’m intentional about modeling what emotional safety, accountability, and secure attachments look like in life’s everyday moments.
Here are eight phrases I use regularly to teach my kids what strong, healthy relationships look like:
Disagreement doesn’t mean disconnection.
