In this episode of the Parenting Dyslexia Podcast I want to explore the concept of psychological projection, and how we can avoid hampering our children’s emotional development by keeping our own ability to ‘project’ in check.

2021 has started with uncertainty about school closures due to COVID-19. The tier system is causing us as parents to adapt to more change and whilst hope is on the horizon with vaccines coming online, we still need to manage how we as parents cope with now, whilst supporting our children.

These changes and the uncertainty that comes with managing change will produce a range of emotional responses for all the members of the family, but the intensity of these emotional responses will undoubtedly be exacerbated by experiencing dyslexia or other special educational needs.

As parents, we will address these emotional responses in our own way, but we could run the risk of inappropriately addressing the emotional responses (and behaviour) of our children because of something that everyone does subconsciously, psychological projection.