Exaggerated emotional restraint in traditional Asian cultures limits parental affirmation, risking children's sense of unconditional love and healthy development.
Why Some Therapy Clients Share Gently but Feel Deeply
Emotional restraint in collectivistic cultures often appears subdued but signals deep feeling; clinicians must use contextual C-P-R attunement to avoid misreading.
The Bad Show-Biz Dads of "Sentimental Value" and "Jay Kelly"
Success in filmmaking often proves incompatible with successful fatherhood, producing emotional distance, abandonment, and strained relationships between fathers and children.
The History of Sound is a meticulously subdued queer period romance that resembles Brokeback Mountain but treats longing more thematically than as vividly felt emotion.