‘People pleasing’ sounds like a positive pursuit.
That’s what the parent who wrote in today’s question always thought. However, people-pleasing involves giving of ourselves to elicit another’s respect or regard – at the cost of honoring our own.
In this episode of the Family 360 Podcast with Rachel and Roy, Maggie suggests pressure from patriarchy pushes women toward people-pleasing – and she talks about this and more as she answers this great question on how parents unintentionally promote people pleasing.
Join family360 for this provocative discussion! This Mom doesn’t want to try to keep up and feels a small family party would be preferable.
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