The Good Little Kid Syndrome: Strategies to accept yourself and stop testing for love and acceptance
Publisher: Dr. Lauren Jones
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 0615636780
ISBN 13: 978-0615636788
“I can’t ask a question—then they’ll know I’m not as smart as they are, right?”
“Why didn’t they say anything after I aced that presentation?”
Such questions frequent the thoughts of adults and children alike who suffer from Good Little Kid Syndrome, a pattern of behavior involving the anxiety-ridden desire for acceptance, approval, and love. Often learned and ingrained in childhood, this unhealthy behavior affects the way we read the conduct and attitudes of others, but—importantly—it also affects our own comportment and approaches to our daily lives and relationships. If unchecked, this syndrome can lead to passive-aggressive and unproductive behavior in our professional settings, our personal partnerships, and our social lives.
Rather than fostering these behaviors, it’s better to nip them in the bud. The Good Little Kid Syndrome, written by a psychiatric nurse with a doctorate in organizational behavior, provides guidance and tools to break these destructive patterns, encouraging readers to delve into their own memories for insight into their own behaviors. The result—more self-confidence and security, and more personal contentment and peace—and a way to keep these unhealthy cycles from being passed on to our children.