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“SEEN” is a groundbreaking feature-length documentary that not only explores the transformative power of personal he | dG1fYlpQUVhwdzZrVDA
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00:00I was saying all the right things, I'm doing what the book says to do, and it's still not working.
00:14I left the older kids when they were just two and four. It haunts me, you know, because there's
00:21many years that I can't get back. I was all about power and control dominance.
00:28I yelled at my kids for the smaller things. I wasn't reacting as bad as what I was
00:35brought up with, so I thought I was doing better. To know yourself, you have to know where you come
00:43from, and to know where you come from means knowing your own parenting. I just snapped to her more,
00:49I just spoke to her more rudely, because that's what happened to me, and that's what happened to
00:53my mum, and that's probably what happened to her mum's mum. You cannot use logic to escape the
01:00programming of your own childhood. As adults, we are juggling all the balls, and we find it really
01:07hard to attune to our children. How do I make sure that parents understand I'm not being generous
01:13in saying, I need you to think about your own mental health, I actually need you to do it for
01:18this kid. Your children have come to trigger you to heal. We're always looking somewhere
01:25else for the problem, and I did that for 20 years, but this is where the real gold lies.
01:29We always talk about leaving your house as a legacy. I've scrapped all of that. I say you're
01:47leaving yourself in them as a legacy, and that is the most beautiful gift that keeps on giving forever.
01:56you
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