A man was attracted to other men, she said, because his father never met his emotional needs, and a woman was attracted to other women because her mother didn't meet her emotional needs.
And if I'm
not meeting those emotional needs, she lets me know.
If he minimizes your feelings or tends to downplay his actions, it suggests he can
not meet your emotional needs; I would then consider going to couples counseling or leaving the relationship altogether.
Men who have had complaints from a partner (present or past) that they are
not meeting emotional needs.
We feel disappointed and blame our partners because they are
not meeting our emotional needs.
Not exact matches
Simply
meeting the narrative's
need for a character is
not enough: viewers and readers
need to feel an
emotional bond with the character to keep watching or reading.
Decades later, many psychologists and therapists now believe that the principles of attachment theory
not only help parents
meet their children's
emotional needs, but they can also help adult couples connect with each other more consistently and love more fully.
Marital partners who find it easier or less demanding of self - investment to
meet their sexual or
emotional needs outside the marriage will
not achieve intimacy.
DR. MURPHY: The
emotional factor that I mentioned, carrying the baby,
meeting the baby's
needs,
not letting the baby cry, doing the calorie count per day to make sure that the calories per kilo per day are at least at what normal babies
need and we increase that as we can in order to see if it's really calorically driven.
In some ways, single parents are poised to raise kids exactly right — they're able to get their
emotional and sexual
needs met outside of a romantic love - based co-parenting situation, and often outside of a cohabiting situation, while also focusing on caring for their kids (
not unlike the parenting marriage we propose in The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels).
My point, of course, is that one person can
not meet all of your
emotional or our physical
needs.
The trust that children develop as a result of having their
emotional needs met sets a foundation of parent - child interaction that doesn't have to rely on threats, shame, punishment, rewards, or other forms of coercion for behavior control.
I believe the hurt comes from reacting to the behavior as if the child were an adult and
not keeping in mind that most children do
not have the
emotional maturity to get their
needs met through effective communication.
Building a strong attachment with a baby involves
not only responding consistently to his physical
needs, but spending enjoyable time interacting with him and thus
meeting his
emotional needs as well.»
Spanking may elicit appropriate behavior in children, but it is a technique that, no matter how it is administered, does
not support a secure attachment; it does
not meet kids»
emotional needs, and it functions against the goals of AP (communication, connection).
There
needs to be just a slight amount of tension there, but
not too much, for the toddler's
emotional needs to be
met.
A rigid feeding schedule often does
not meet a newborn's nutritional or
emotional needs nor does it adequately establish a mother's milk supply.
I wasn't only nourishing and growing his perfect little body --- I was
meeting his every physical and
emotional need in the most natural and amazing way.
What many people do
not understand is that attachment with an infant begins with
not only his or her physical
needs being
met but their
emotional needs also being fulfilled.
A child whose
needs are ignored or
met with a lack of
emotional response from caregivers does
not come to expect care or comfort or form a stable attachment to caregivers.
Interestingly, but
not really surprising, when a human infants inherent
need for contact and proximity (reassurance through touch, parent directed vocalizations,
emotional support) are
met by parents early in their lives rather than becoming «dependent» as is always suggested in the popular press the reverse is actually true: that is, early dependence leads to early independence and self sufficiency and, perhaps even, enhanced self — confidence.
Especially as new parents, we're so busy figuring out how to do our job, and
meet our baby's
needs that it often doesn't cross our minds that they can also cry for
emotional reasons.
If your
emotional needs are
not being
met by your husband, you will try to fulfill these
needs through your kids or elsewhere, which isn't healthy or positive for the marriage or for your kids.
After all, if every little part of your relationship is of earthshaking importance, for example if
not being emotionally available to
meet your baby's every
need 24/7 will cause long term
emotional damage, if being an imperfect parent will mean your little one will be toast by age 3, who wouldn't be a wreck about it?
Mothers may
need emotional support when their expectations are
not met.
One can
not give what he does
not have, and for example, if the father I described above wants to become truly emotionally sensitive to others, he has to learn how to
not have his entire world colored by the guilt that he couldn't make his mother happy and that would require
meeting that unresolved
emotional need head - on, working through it, and healing.
In my 12 years as a family therapist, I've seen many well - intentioned parents mistakenly employing strategies that aren't
meeting the
emotional or developmental
needs of their children or families.
Leaders are supposed to fill us with meaning, make us feel part of something bigger than ourselves and
meet our
emotional needs —
not the other way around.
Your child's negative behavior can be a message to you that some important
emotional need is
not being
met, and / or a limiting belief is present Both kids and adults have basic
emotional needs.
I'll say more NO to: doing things which I don't want to but usually say yes to so I wouldn't disappoint others, feeling down or beat myself up over every little thing which didn't go right or as planned, being a perfectionist every single moment of every single day, going places or
meeting people just because of FOMO, eating foods that physically don't make me feel good, no matter how big the cravings might be, buying new stuff unless I really, really
need them or can't stop thinking about them,
emotional vampires who suck the life out of me and never bring anything good or positive along with them...
Meeting the child's
needs There is still
need for clarification on how those children who are
not identified in early childhood will be able to access an EHC plan — where will those identified with BESD get their support especially with many underlying
emotional and social difficulties and mental health issues.
As Jaya spoke with other parents, she heard similar stories of generations of former students who hadn't felt that their academic or social -
emotional needs had been
met.
In the big herding high schools where they have 2,500 or 3,000 students, many of their
emotional needs are
not being
met.
Meeting the
Needs of Immigrant Youth Faribault Daily News (Minnesota), 1/27/16 «Without strong socio -
emotional supports, students can
not learn.
Sherman Oaks attempts to
meet not just the academic
needs of its students but their
emotional and social
needs as well.
It's important to note if you subscribe to Roeper's definition (and I'm aware some educators may
not) then you must go beyond providing the right academic conditions and consider how to
meet the social -
emotional needs of this population as well.
This isn't actually the case; there's no evidence, for instance, that charter schools use particularly innovative methods, and certainly the «no excuses» charter schools are often criticized for
not meeting students»
emotional and affective
needs.
Identification and support of learners with social,
emotional and mental health
needs is
not yet good enough; child and adolescent mental health services are
not able to
meet demand.
We employ a whole child approach that
not only
meets the basic
needs of our students, but also takes into consideration their socio -
emotional, academic and behavioral
needs.
Like us, dogs
need lots of care and attention, and if their
needs are
not met, they too can suffer from
emotional stress.
I do my best to ensure that your dog is
not only safe and having his physical
needs met, but his
emotional and companionship
needs as well.
People don't always know how to
meet all of their pets»
emotional and environmental
needs.
The animals suffer both physical and
emotional neglect, as even their basic
needs — adequate nutrition, sanitation, shelter and veterinary care — are
not met.
In general, we are likely to choose dogs which: -
meet our practical
needs - e.g. for protection - parallel our values; some people may
not buy breeds such as Rottweillers because they don't want to be seen as aggressive or dominant personalities themselves - complement or reflect our
emotional needs; - someone in
need of loyalty and affection is likely to choose a Border Collie or Labrador for example.
Although using this process doesn't guarantee that you'll always get your
needs met, it will substantially increase the likelihood that you'll spend more time feeling comfortable and at ease and less time in
emotional distress.
While someone who doesn't use Facebook might
not get it, there is obviously some
emotional need being
met by connecting with others on Facebook and other social networks.
It is
not just the business - like decisions that have to be made to divide the marital assets and liabilities, there are
emotional issues that
need to be resolved in a manner that
meets the real
needs of the divorcing parties and their children.
In Virginia, a court may consider any of the following factors, among others, in making a decision: The age and physical and mental condition of the child, giving due consideration to the child's changing developmental
needs; the age and physical and mental condition of each parent; the relationship existing between each parent and each child, giving due consideration to the positive involvement with the child's life, the ability to accurately assess and
meet the
emotional, intellectual and physical
needs of the child; the
needs of the child, giving due consideration to other important relationships of the child, including but
not limited to siblings, peers and extended family members; the role that each parent has played and will play in the future, in the upbringing and care of the child; the propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other parent access to or visitation with the child; the relative willingness and demonstrated ability of each parent to maintain a close and continuing relationship with the child, and the ability of each parent to cooperate in and resolve disputes regarding matters affecting the child; the reasonable preference of the child, if the court deems the child to be of reasonable intelligence, understanding, age and experience to express such a preference; any history of family abuse; and such other factors as the court deems necessary and proper to the determination.
«I don't find it as surprising as it has been painted because it seems to me it's part of the type of issue a court will look at and if someone has a mental health issue or has a physical problem that makes it difficult for them to actually care for the child — running after them, bathing them and
meeting emotional needs — then it's a valid inquiry for the court,» says Boulby.
We seek to
meet those
needs by providing our clients with
not only a high - quality personal injury attorney, but also with individual attention and
emotional support to help them through the difficult time that accompanies a serious injury or death in the family.