Children are sensitive to our emotions. Most parents with trauma don’t think of themselves as “traumatised.” They think of themselves as coping. Getting on with it. Holding it together. Doing what needs to be done. But trauma doesn’t disappear just because life moves on. It shows up in subtle ways — especially in relationships with children. Not through obvious harm.But through patterns. Atmosphere. Emotional tone. And children are highly sensitive to all of it. Children don’