Conditional Love and the Need to Please

Every child has a need to be loved, and every child is intuitive. If a child senses or experiences lack of love or discipline as he discovers himself, he will either become rebellious or he will learn to conform to the conditional love he is receiving, so that he can feel nurtured and protected.

It is for this reason that so many people realize when they are older that they do not even know how to be themselves. Their personalities seem to change slightly, depending on whom they are speaking with. They like hanging around people who make …read more