Seeing a Child's Emotions

            When a child's emotions are made to feel unimportant and he is belittled for them, much is at stake. Parents do not see this enough perhaps because they feel their emotions are not important either. If they really bond with their child they will find it imperative that they see their emotions and understand them. The more blind to their own emotions the more they won't care for their child's. 

            And that is the whole purpose of living. To see your emotions. Ralph Smart says in How To turn the Monsters Inside your Head into Your Best Friends (shadow work) that because we suppress our dark emotions we can never be fully happy, because you need the full picture of your life. Just like a painter who needs shadows in order to complete the picture, we need our shadow sides to be heard and felt. That's why he said that what he's learned is that when have a strong emotion, exaggerate it to let it out! Scream when you're angry, and cry out when your sad. He also says that when you are down lift yourself up by seeing your greatness and achievement. But this is only for emergency times. When you are happy, it's important not to become too egoistic.