My son hates me. I can't stand the lack of respect!

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Dec 30, 2007, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Satina

Often we find we have children who are very accurate and frustrating mirrors, showing us the most unliked parts of ourselves. Our challenge is to find a way to love not only them, but ourselves, and thus heal the whole situation. Our love partners are the same thing. They will also act as mirrors to show us parts of ourselves that need healing.

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung called this our "shadow" selves--the parts of ourselves and others that we don't like. According to Jung, we deal with the reality of the Shadow in four ways: denial, projection, integration and/or transmutation.

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