ego needs

基本解释

It is entirely possible to set aside one's ego needs in order to discipline and train children.
爲了教導和訓練孩子，放下小我的需求是絕對必要的。
Remember that the ego needs problems, conflict, and "enemies" to strengthen the sense of separateness on which its identity depends.
記住，自我需要問題、沖突和‘敵人’來強化它身份賴以生存的孤立感。
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The thinking here is that when someone’s ego needs stroking it’s as if you were flattening down their raised hackles or smoothing their feathers.
這裡的想法是，儅某人需要培養自尊心，他們就會設想倣彿有人正在撫平他們的羽毛，平複他們的怒氣。

So tell my superman any time he needs his ego stroked all he has to do is say those 3 little words and let me know he is ready to give up caring about what the world thinks and explore a new fronteer in what we can build together because I dont want to grow old without him.
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