Her parents are not the people she always believed they were, because they have been lying to her about everything her entire life. She is being told that lying will not be tolerated by her parents, who lie constantly, who make their living lying. Paige is smart and intuitive and things in her life just aren't adding up anymore. She's right! Everything about her life is a lie. She doesn't want to believe her parents are lying to her, but on some level she knows something is wrong--and it is!
Children want, children need to trust their parents. Paige is beginning to experience the stress and anxiety that accompanies cognitive dissonance--the discovery that your beliefs don't match up with reality. It's disconcerting and painful and it can make you feel like you're going crazy.
The saddest part about this is that Philip and Elizabeth love their children. They don't wish to cause them harm. But this is a form of emotional abuse. The fact that it's unintentional doesn't make it any less harmful to Paige.
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Re: Paige's "Crazy Life"
Date: 2014-03-27 09:46 pm (UTC)Children want, children need to trust their parents. Paige is beginning to experience the stress and anxiety that accompanies cognitive dissonance--the discovery that your beliefs don't match up with reality. It's disconcerting and painful and it can make you feel like you're going crazy.
The saddest part about this is that Philip and Elizabeth love their children. They don't wish to cause them harm. But this is a form of emotional abuse. The fact that it's unintentional doesn't make it any less harmful to Paige.