Dr. Gabor Maté
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Suck it up.
Well, look.
Don't do this.
Don't do that, right?
Well, you know, there's a very famous Canadian psychologist.
I don't know if he's been on your program, but he says that an angry child should be made to sit by themselves.
until they come back to normal.
In other words, anger in a two-year-old is not normal.
And we have to socialize it out of them.
Now, there's nothing more natural than an angry two-year-old.
there's nothing more natural than anger.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They get frustrated.
They want a cookie, they get a cookie before- They don't get what they want.
They want a cookie before dinner.
And if you're a good parent, you're not gonna give them a cookie before dinner.
If that two-year-old then starts screaming or throwing a tantrum or getting angry,
If you say time out and you're not going to be with them,
Now you're presenting a child with a tragic dilemma.
I can have my authentic emotion or I can have my relationship with my parent on whom my life depends.