More About the Early Family and Childhood Module
The Early Family and Childhood Module scans some generic aspects of early family experience looking for areas of interest to your Inner Child. These sessions prove to your Inner Child that you, as the Inner Parent, are not afraid to listen and “be there” for any emotions it might have. These sessions open the door for sharing on any early family subject that your Inner Child wants or needs to discuss. This module is appropriate for Newcomer, Intermediate, or Advanced levels of Self-Parenting.
These questions in this module may bring up some amazing memories of your past. If they do, that’s great. If they don’t, that is fine as well. The purpose of these sessions is not to dredge up every wrong thing that ever happened to you as a child. Instead, their purpose is to prove to your Inner Child that you, as the Inner Parent, are open and willing to listen in a positive manner to any issue that might arise within your Inner Conversations.
You practice daily half-hour sessions of positive Self-Parenting in which you ask questions of your Inner Child.
After asking a question, you write down whatever your Inner Child tells you.
You respond with, “Thank you, Inner Child, for telling me that.”
How to Approach Early Family Issues
Your Inner Parent/Inner Child relationship is the most intimate relationship possible. Whether you realize it or not, every experience you’ve had growing up was shared equally with your Inner Child. Some experiences had a bigger impact on your Inner Child, while others had a bigger impact on your Inner Parent. Most experiences, of course, were just experienced and then forgotten.
You shared all of your experiences together, so you, as the Inner Parent, have the right to ask your Inner Child about any issue. However, you must present your interest as though a trusted friend or a concerned family member, not a nagging Inner Parent. The success of this module comes from the warm bond of intimacy created by your Inner Child’s openness to share and your Inner Parent’s willingness to listen.
Some of the topics covered in the Early Family Module are: Parents, Marriage, Family, Finances, the Family Home Environment, Pre-School days, and many others.
