The psychiatrist Eric Berne wrote about what he termed interpersonal “games” people play. A game is an interpersonal interaction that appears on the surface to have one purpose when in fact there is ...

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Adults traditionally influence children by setting an example and helping them mature into grown-up mindsets. This is how we learn to be responsible, punctual, trustworthy and so on. However, ...