@safilines: When children learn to hide their mistakes instead of owning them, fear has replaced trust — and that changes everything. Gabor Maté points to something painful here: a child who hides isn't being dishonest, they're being self-protective. The real lesson they're absorbing is that safety comes from concealment, not connection. Hashtags: #GaborMate #ConsciousParenting #ParentingMindset #ChildDevelopment #EmotionalIntelligencec