When a child shuts down his painful emotional side, he also loses the ability to express his joyous side. Emotions are a whole. With anger comes the ability to express delight; with sadness comes the ability to express lightheartedness. This is the breadth of emotion that allows an adult to experience intimacy with a spouse, with God, and with his children

Unlocking Your Family Patterns: Finding Freedom from a Hurtful Past (ed. Moody Publishers, 2011) - ISBN: 9781575675244