Listen up: Why parents should be better listeners to their children


  • Family
  • Friday, 23 May 2025

‘Kids look for care, and grandparents are often the lighthouse to the child,’ Prof Andolfi says. Photo: Freepik

For the last 55 years, family therapist Prof Dr Maurizio Andolfi has devoted himself to empowering families and bringing them back to the centre of society.

A child psychiatrist who pivoted to family therapy, he says the family unit is the crux of the community, where values, spirituality and the communal spirit should thrive.

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