Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson, a clinical psychologist, examines parents who are emotionally immature, distant or selfish, and the anger, loneliness, betrayal or abandonment their adult children may carry. Such children may have had their emotional needs unmet and their feelings dismissed, or taken on adult responsibilities to make up for a parent's behavior. Gibson explains how such parents leave children feeling neglected, and offers ways to heal, recover one's true nature, manage reactions to them and build healthier new relationships. She describes four types: emotional parents who breed instability and anxiety, driven parents bent on perfecting everyone, passive parents who avoid anything upsetting, and rejecting parents who are withdrawn and dismissive.

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