Games People Play

Eric Byrne.

And his first book that he wrote was something called Games People Play.

And it was based on this.

I'm okay.

And the biggest thing is we need to walk away before they do that to themselves.

And as parents, that is, uh, if you study any transactional analysis, which Eric Berne's book, and if you've never read Games People Play, that is a way to bait somebody into a manipulation game.

Like, "I'm a little insecure, so I'm gonna bait you into this game with me.

I'm gonna make you listen to me, so I'm gonna get to be the victim, and then you're gonna be the, the he- you're gonna be the victimizer because you just hurt me by what you just said, but then I'm gonna get you to save me.