Mental Health & Wellbeing

For children who experience sensitive, responsive caregiving, shame   is a feeling that is experienced at a young age. These feelings might be triggered when the child is told off and through this, they help teach children about behaviours that are deemed acceptable and unacceptable. As children get older, through the support of their caregiver, their understanding develops and feelings of shame evolve into feelings of guilt . In contrast to shame, guilt can be motivating to