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Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

Are you the child of toxic parents? When you were a child... • Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless? • Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you? • Did you have to take care of your parents because of t

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Susan Forward (7)Craig Buck (6)

“Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against c…”

— Susan Forward, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Parents, Toxic, Abuse

“Adult children of toxic parents have an especially difficult time with their anger because they grew up in families where emotional expression was discouraged. Anger was something only parents had the privilege of displaying.”

— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Parents, Toxic, Parents

“You must let go of the responsibility for the painful events of your childhood and put it where it belongs.”

— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Parents, Toxic Relationships, Toxic

“You are an adult and can withstand your discomfort for the purpose of becoming your own person.”

— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Relationships, Toxic Parents, Toxic

“As long as you continue to react so strongly to them, you give them the power to upset you, which allows them to control you.”

— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Parents, Toxic Relationship, Parent Relationships, Abuse

“The truth is, if we rebel in reaction to our parents, we are being controlled just as surely as if we submit.”

— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Parents, Abuse, Relationships

“Direct control usually involves intimidation and is frequently humiliating. Your feelings and needs must be subordinated to those of your parents. You are dragged into a bottomless pit of ultimatums. Your opinion is worthless; your needs and desires are irrelevant. The imbalance of power is tremendo…”

— Susan Forward, Craig Buck, amazon.com

Tagged: Toxic Parents, Abusive Parents, Tough Relationships