Psychology says people who apologize for crying aren’t oversensitive, they grew up in homes where tears were treated as a problem someone else had to solve

Psychology says people who apologize for crying aren’t oversensitive, they grew up in homes where tears were treated as a problem someone else had to solve

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The apology that follows tears in adulthood is the same negotiation a child once made to keep a parent from getting angry at sadness.

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