🔗 Toxic Security: Feeling Safe vs Being Safe | Hendriks Psychology

On the other hand, removing all risks from children’s lives does not leave them feeling safe. Childhood exposure to mild risks fortifies children. Exposure to mild feelings of danger teach children self-confidence. Failure is defragilising.

On the other hand, too much security is toxic. It leads to an unconscious expectation that life will always be stable or positive. And it won’t.