I am in parent contamination when I mistake parental slogans for adult reality. These are taught beliefs that are taken as facts. Berne call this prejudice. When a person is speaking about herself and say you instead of I, it is likely that the content of what follows will be parent contaminated.

1. Parent
Contamination

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Research Scholar
School of Management Studies
CUSAT, Kerala,India.
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3. I am in parent contamination when I
mistake parental slogans for adult reality.
These are taught beliefs that are taken as
facts. Berne call this prejudice. When a
person is speaking about herself and say
you instead of I, it is likely that the
content of what follows will be parent
contaminated.
• The world is a bad place.
• People cant be trusted.
• If at first you don’t succeed, try,
try, try again.
Parent Contamination

4. “ The difference between a conviction and
a prejudice is that you can explain a
conviction without getting angry.”
Samuel Butler

5. • Parental contaminations often
involve considerable emotions and
are likely to occur in relation to
specific subjects such as food,
religion, politics, race, class and
sex.
• At times, large segments of society
agree with prejudiced ideas.
• Contaminations often intrudes on
the laws of society.
Parent Contamination

6. • Take two minutes to write down all the
slogans and beliefs you remember hearing
from your parents and parental figures.
• Look through you list of parental slogans
and beliefs. Check whether each one is a
statement of reality or a parent
contamination.
• If you decide there are any you want to
update to fit with grown up reality, strike
them out and substitute your new version.
Activity

7. Thank You

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