This book takes Mr. Toad's ten visits to the psychiatrist and takes us through the three states of the self (child, parent, and adult).
Child status refers to a person's behavior and feelings like a child. Many basic human emotions are innate, such as happiness and affection, anger, sadness, and fear. The strongest emotions experienced in childhood will become a common feeling when you grow up.
Parental status refers to the fact that a person behaves like his or her own parents. Parents are the people who influence us the most, and all the values and morals we learn from our parents also include the criteria for judging life, allowing us to judge right from wrong.
Adulthood is when we act rationally rather than emotionally. Only those who are in this state can learn new knowledge.
These three states are trinitarian and there is no distinction between good and bad. Each person may have child status, parent status, and adult status. The author suggests that everyone grows into an adult state, but as the author says, no one can force someone else into an adult state, only you can decide what to do.
