How Your Upbringing Manifests in Your Parenting and Marriage Today.

“Emotional Withdrawal creates disconnection instead of connection, Greatness in character does not translate to greatness in parenting.” – Wendy Ologe.

Have you ever wondered why your parenting or marriage feels like a battlefield sometimes? Why your reactions feel intense, or why certain things trigger you deeply? This isn’t just about being stressed or tired — it’s about unhealed childhood trauma showing up uninvited.

Let’s talk about it, because many times what we label as connection is, in reality, a subtle form of control disguised as love.

Let’s break it down.

1. Shouting As Communication
You find yourself yelling at your spouse or kids. Why? Because, growing up, shouting was the only way anyone got heard or respected. Now, as an adult, you’ve adopted the same toxic communication tool — mistaking fear for authority.

But ask yourself: Is your “normal” truly normal?

We often say, “They beat me and I turned out okay,” but did we really? Your children start tuning out. Your spouse feels disrespected. And your “normal” continues the cycle of dysfunction.

2. Silent Treatment and Emotional Withdrawal
Many of us grew up with silent punishment. No conversation. No closure. Just silence.

Now, you avoid difficult conversations. You shut down instead of opening up. You sulk instead of solving. You “keep malice” — with your spouse, with your children.

4. Unaddressed Pain Becomes Aggression
You tell your child, “Go away, I don’t want to see you,” and call it discipline. But it’s not. It’s emotional projection — rooted in your unhealed trauma.

You keep malice with your spouse over simple misunderstandings. You expect your child to “read your mind,” like you had to do growing up. You assume disrespect instead of clarifying intent. You blow up over spilled water or undone homework.

5. Overreacting and Overcorrecting
If you were beaten or embarrassed for little mistakes, chances are you now overcorrect your child at every turn. There’s no room for joy — only criticism, condemnation, and control.

You forget that children are human — that mistakes are part of learning. You don’t allow space for grace.

6. Over giving and Doing Everything for Your Child
Maybe you lacked support growing up. Now, you overdo — tying shoelaces when they can learn, doing homework for them, shielding them from struggle.

You rob them of resilience because you’re trying to give them everything you didn’t have — even when it’s not healthy.

7. Conditional Love Based on Performance
“If you’re not first in class, don’t come home.” Sound familiar? You might even still hear this from your own parents. “When I was your age, I was always top of the class.” (Spoiler: everyone claims they were first.)

You begin to equate love with achievement. You raise children who feel like financial projects, not emotional priorities.

8. Toxic Authority: Power Above Correction
Many of us were raised to think that power means you can’t be corrected. So as adults, we reject feedback. We attack questions. We explode when someone says, “I disagree.”

You demand obedience without explanation — because that’s how you were raised. But fear-based obedience kills curiosity and confidence.

9. Toxic Criticism and Comparison
You catch yourself sizing up others:
“Is that dress even original?”
“I thought they had money. Look at what she’s wearing.”

Why? Because you were raised in an environment of harsh judgment. You learned to survive by criticizing first — before anyone could criticize you.

10. Measuring Love by Provision Alone
“My father provided everything. That was enough.” But was it? Your father may have paid fees but never hugged you. Your mother cooked but never asked how you felt.

Provision is not love. And in your marriage, if you believe money replaces presence, you will build a lonely relationship. You’ll say to your kids, “Do you know how much I pay for your school fees?” and think that replaces affection.

So, What’s the Way Forward?
This work of healing isn’t about blaming parents. It’s about breaking patterns. We now know better. Respect is not fear. Correction is not violence. Strength is not silence.

The cycle of yelling, fear, and shame ends with us. We are building a legacy of love and healing. This is your chance to rewrite your parenting story, grow intentionally, and heal from the root.

The healing starts with you. The legacy begins now.

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