What It Means to “Reparent” Yourself, According To Experts — & 8 Ways to Start

Westend61/Getty ImagesRedos are a gift. After all, if you never got back on a bike after falling and scraping a knee, you'd never have learned to ride. Yet, social media is abuzz with another type of redo that may feel unnatural: reparenting yourself.For better or worse, parenting is often seen as something done to us and for us, not something we can DIY. However, experts say it's possible to reparent yourself in adulthood. It's healing (and doesn't have to be entirely DIY, if that's not your thing, because a therapist can help)."Reparenting is when you intentionally work on giving yourself th