Where can I hide a book?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What don’t you want them to know? That you go to therapy? Or not trying to be insensitive but is it something about a certain abuse that you don’t want them to know you went through?

Is it really so difficult to imagine things you might talk to a therapist about that you don't want to share with your children (or anyone for that matter)?

[Anonymous]

OP, what's the workbook? Maybe I need one, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What don’t you want them to know? That you go to therapy? Or not trying to be insensitive but is it something about a certain abuse that you don’t want them to know you went through?

Is it really so difficult to imagine things you might talk to a therapist about that you don't want to share with your children (or anyone for that matter)?

Yes. I have done a lot of self-help/therapy workbooks and I personally have never seen one that I wouldn’t want my kids to see. We are not embarrassed to talk about anxiety, depression, perfectionism, addiction, self improvement, etc. I have personally never seen a workbook but I would not want to normalize the need for with my family.

[Anonymous]

In my house I'd put it in my file cabinet/drawer with all the household paperwork. I could easily disguise it and it does lock if need be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the bookshelf. Seriously. Teens are nosy and snoop. I know my kids have been caught snooping and I used to do it as a teen as well. I never once went through the books on our bookshelf, though. I did snoop through every bag I found once when left home alone, so I'd pass on that.

Another place would be folded inside of a towel that is one no one ever uses.

There's also a thin wall safe you can purchase on Amazon for under $50 that looks like a piece of artwork.

No not all teens snoop. Some teens are busy with life, school, friend, and sports. Sorry for people who have noisy weirdos.

DCUMers tend to have rudeass children lacking boundaries that their parents pretend is normal charming, intelligent behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:hide it in bookshelf. We have like 5 tall bookcases in basement and nobody ever looks there. Sometimes it’s when we hide stuff that we either lose it.

Under a couch cushion. Also, put perpendicular behind the other books. Make sure all the books in the shelf stick out the same amount

[Anonymous]

PP, please share what the workbook is about. I immediately thought of something sexual, like libido or performance (yours or your spouses), or bodily functions, like incontinence.

I like all the PPs suggestions and now I have ideas on where to hide xmas presents this year.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t hide it in luggage, I was going to go try to hide a gift and luggage and I found my teen had had all of her clean clothes in there so she wouldn’t have to clean her room 😂😂😂

[Anonymous]

Just be honest and tell her to respect your privacy. She sounds like a brat and you don't seemed to have done a great job about instilling respect to one's privacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the bookshelf. Seriously. Teens are nosy and snoop. I know my kids have been caught snooping and I used to do it as a teen as well. I never once went through the books on our bookshelf, though. I did snoop through every bag I found once when left home alone, so I'd pass on that.

Another place would be folded inside of a towel that is one no one ever uses.

There's also a thin wall safe you can purchase on Amazon for under $50 that looks like a piece of artwork.

No not all teens snoop. Some teens are busy with life, school, friend, and sports. Sorry for people who have noisy weirdos.

So true. And not all of us need giant therapy work books either.

[Anonymous]

Hide it on top of a tall kitchen or bathroom cabinet that doesn’t go up to the ceiling. The china cabinet is good, too, wrapped in something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What don’t you want them to know? That you go to therapy? Or not trying to be insensitive but is it something about a certain abuse that you don’t want them to know you went through?

Is it really so difficult to imagine things you might talk to a therapist about that you don't want to share with your children (or anyone for that matter)?

Yes. I have done a lot of self-help/therapy workbooks and I personally have never seen one that I wouldn’t want my kids to see. We are not embarrassed to talk about anxiety, depression, perfectionism, addiction, self improvement, etc. I have personally never seen a workbook but I would not want to normalize the need for with my family.

Well good for you.
What if the notebook was "steps I need to take to figure out if I need to divorce my husband"? Would you be totally cool sharing that with your family, or even worse, one of your kids randomly stumbling upon it?

[Anonymous]

Under the mattress or with cleaning supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What don’t you want them to know? That you go to therapy? Or not trying to be insensitive but is it something about a certain abuse that you don’t want them to know you went through?

Is it really so difficult to imagine things you might talk to a therapist about that you don't want to share with your children (or anyone for that matter)?

Yes. I have done a lot of self-help/therapy workbooks and I personally have never seen one that I wouldn’t want my kids to see. We are not embarrassed to talk about anxiety, depression, perfectionism, addiction, self improvement, etc. I have personally never seen a workbook but I would not want to normalize the need for with my family.

Well good for you.
What if the notebook was "steps I need to take to figure out if I need to divorce my husband"? Would you be totally cool sharing that with your family, or even worse, one of your kids randomly stumbling upon it?

Or: “steps to stop having compulsive, risky sex”

Parents don’t need to be open about their most intimate issues.

[Anonymous]

Put it on a shelf with "the rest of your old college books"